1 Enoch 82:3
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And those who understand it shall not sleep, But shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom, And it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Wisdom That Passeth Their Thought
Enoch charges Methuselah to keep and hand down the books of wisdom he has written, promising that those who learn it will find it "better than good food." He restates the 364-day calendar one final time, then names the angelic leaders who divide the year into its four seasonal quarters and lists the crops, weather, and signs marking each ninety-one day season.
- Proverbs 9:5 : Wisdom's own invitation, "eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled," stands beside this chapter's promise that true wisdom outdoes good food.
- Genesis 8:22 : "Seedtime and harvest… shall not cease" is the same confidence in a fixed, governed created order this chapter applies to the year's four seasons.
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.