1 Enoch 66:1
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who are prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring judgement and destruction on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Waters Held in Check
Enoch is shown the angels of punishment made ready to release "all the powers of the waters which are beneath the earth" for judgment and destruction: but the Lord of Spirits commands them not yet to let the waters rise, only to hold them in check. Enoch then departs from the presence of Enoch's own account, closing the vision before the flood itself falls.
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.