1 Enoch 92
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
1The book written by Enoch—[Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom, (which is) praised of all men and a judge of all the earth] for all my children who shall dwell on the earth. And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace.
2Let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times; For the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things.
3And the righteous one shall arise from sleep, [Shall arise] and walk in the paths of righteousness, And all his path and conversation shall be in eternal goodness and grace.
4He will be gracious to the righteous and give him eternal uprightness, And He will give him power so that he shall be (endowed) with goodness and righteousness, And he shall walk in eternal light.
5And sin shall perish in darkness for ever, And shall no more be seen from that day for evermore.
The chapter, studied
The Book That Judges the Whole Earth
Enoch names his own writing as a book meant for his children and for future generations who will "observe uprightness and peace." He tells them not to be troubled by hard times, because the Holy and Great One has already appointed days for everything. He promises that the righteous will rise from sleep to walk in eternal light, while sin itself will vanish into permanent darkness.
This short chapter is the hinge into the Epistle proper. Enoch describes his own book in sweeping terms: "praised of all men and a judge of all the earth" — language that echoes Abraham's own question in Genesis, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" The writer is claiming his book carries the weight of that same standard of justice, even though it stands outside Scripture itself.
Its comfort: "let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times; for the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things" — is the note the whole Epistle will keep striking: patience because God has already fixed the timetable, not because evil isn't real. v.3's picture of the righteous one who will "arise from sleep" and "walk in eternal light" reaches toward the same resurrection hope Daniel names directly.
v.5's sentence on sin states, in miniature, the whole argument the following chapters will spend many verses making: sin "shall perish in darkness for ever, and shall no more be seen from that day for evermore." It looks triumphant now; its end is already fixed.
Doors into the 66
- Genesis 18:25 — "a judge of all the earth" echoes Abraham's own phrase for God in his plea over Sodom.
- Daniel 12:2 — the righteous one who shall "arise from sleep" and "walk in eternal light" reaches for the same resurrection hope Daniel states directly.
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.
1The book written by Enoch—[Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom, (which is) praised of all men and a judge of all the earth] for all my children who shall dwell on the earth. And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace.
2Let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times; For the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things.
3And the righteous one shall arise from sleep, [Shall arise] and walk in the paths of righteousness, And all his path and conversation shall be in eternal goodness and grace.
4He will be gracious to the righteous and give him eternal uprightness, And He will give him power so that he shall be (endowed) with goodness and righteousness, And he shall walk in eternal light.
5And sin shall perish in darkness for ever, And shall no more be seen from that day for evermore.
The language it was written in
Aramaic (the Qumran fragments' language); parts possibly Hebrew. The Parables (chs. 37–71) have no Qumran witness and their original language is debated.
What survives, and where
Aramaic: Dead Sea Scrolls
Eleven fragmentary manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 covering every section except the Parables (3rd c. BC – 1st c. AD).
Greek
Substantial portions: chs. 1–32 (Codex Panopolitanus), quotations in Syncellus, and the Chester Beatty papyrus of the Epistle.
Ge’ez (Ethiopic)
The only complete text, preserved by the Ethiopian church, whose canon receives the book; the base of every full translation.
What you are reading here
R. H. Charles's 1917 English translation, made from the Ge’ez against the Greek and Aramaic evidence then known — public domain, quotable in full.
No tagged word floor exists for the Aramaic or Ge’ez text; word-by-word study on this shelf awaits a future ingest. What stands here is the manuscript story itself.