1 Enoch 59:2
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when it resounds above in the heaven, the sound thereof is heard, and he caused me to see the judgements executed on the earth, whether they be for well-being and blessing, or for a curse according to the word of the Lord of Spirits.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Secrets of Lightning and Thunder
In a short, bracketed section, Enoch is shown the secrets of lightning and thunder: how they resound in the heavens and execute divine judgments on earth, whether for blessing or for a curse, entirely "according to the word of the Lord of Spirits."
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. II — The Parables of Enoch (2020)
The reader's commentary continued into the Son of Man visions of these chapters.
