1 Enoch 62:4
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail, [And she has pain in bringing forth] When her child enters the mouth of the womb, And she has pain in bringing forth.
This verse’s chapter, studied
Kings Fall Down Before That Son of Man
The Lord commands the kings and mighty of the earth to look and recognize the Elect One, seated on the throne of glory with the spirit of righteousness upon him. Seeing "that Son of Man" for the first time in their own presence, the kings are seized with pain "as a woman in travail," terrified because the one hidden since the beginning has now been revealed. They fall on their faces to worship and beg for mercy, but are driven from his presence into judgment, while the righteous and elect are saved to eat and dwell with that Son of Man forever, clothed in "garments of life."
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.