Explicit quotation
Enoch's prophecy in Jude
Jude names Enoch and introduces a prophecy closely corresponding to 1 Enoch 1:9: the coming of the Lord with holy ones and judgement on ungodliness. Compare the scope of the judgement and the repeated language about ungodly deeds and speech.
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Ethiopian collection
R. H. Charles
1 Enoch 1:9
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of ⌜His⌝ holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy ⌜all⌝ the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works ⌜of their ungodliness⌝ which they have ungodly committed, ⌜And of all the hard things which⌝ ungodly sinners ⌜have spoken⌝ against Him.
Biblical passage
World English Bible
Jude 1:14–15
14 About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
Editorial reading aids
Context for the comparison
These are English translations of two different transmitted texts. Differences here can arise from their underlying wording as well as translators' choices. Jude's use of this passage does not by itself establish his view of every part of 1 Enoch.
Questions for close reading
- What does Jude explicitly attribute to Enoch?
- How does Jude 1:16 apply the quotation to the people being criticised?
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Text sources and editorial treatment
R. H. Charles's translation, reprinted in 1917 from his 1912 edition. Public-domain translation text, transcribed by Project Gutenberg. We retain his textual brackets and uncertainty marks, join poetry into verse paragraphs, omit editorial headings and footnotes, and arrange verses by their reference numbers. Where chapters 22, 27 and 32 print Ethiopic and Greek readings side by side, this reader uses the Ethiopic column. Lettered subverse portions are grouped under their verse number, with their labels retained. The misprinted second label 5 in chapter 60 is restored to 25, following Charles's 1913 edition. This historic scholarly edition is not an official English translation of the Ethiopian Church. See the source for the critical notes and typographic distinctions.
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