1 Enoch 5:5
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
Therefore shall ye execrate your days, And the years of your life shall perish, And the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal execration, And ye shall find no mercy.
This verse’s chapter, studied
"Ye Have Not Been Steadfast" — Nature's Verdict on the Godless
Enoch finishes the nature parable by pointing to trees, seas, and rivers that faithfully complete their tasks year after year, then turns the comparison directly on sinners: unlike creation, they have not kept God's commandments. He pronounces a coming curse on the godless and a coming inheritance of light, peace, and long life for the elect.
- Matthew 5:5 : "They shall inherit the earth" for the elect in verse 7 stands beside the same promise given to the meek in the Beatitudes.
- Deuteronomy 28:15 : The stacked curse language in verses 4-6 reads in the same covenant-curse mode as Deuteronomy's curses on covenant-breakers.
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.
Michael S. Heiser
A Companion to the Book of Enoch: A Reader's Commentary, Vol. I — The Book of the Watchers (2019)
A verse-by-verse reader's commentary on chapters 1–36: the closest thing in print to a study Bible for this section.