1 Enoch 76:12
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And after these [four] are the west winds: through the first portal adjoining the north come forth dew and hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost.
This verse’s chapter, studied
Twelve Gates for the Wind
Enoch sees twelve more portals at the ends of the earth, this time for the winds rather than the luminaries: three to each compass point. Four gates release winds of blessing (rain, dew, fruitfulness); the other eight release winds bringing drought, destruction, locusts, and desolation "on all the earth." Each portal's wind is named with its specific effect.
- Daniel 7:2 : "The four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea" uses the same fourfold-wind picture for a vision of world history.
- Revelation 7:1 : Four angels hold back "the four winds of the earth" until the servants of God are sealed: the same gated-wind picture turned to final judgment.
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.