- 1And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said: ‘Open your eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the Elect One.’
- 2And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His glory, And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him, And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners, And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
- 3And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the mighty, And the exalted and those who hold the earth, And they shall see and recognize How he sits on the throne of his glory, And righteousness is judged before him, And no lying word is spoken before him.
- 4Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail, [And she has pain in bringing forth] When her child enters the mouth of the womb, And she has pain in bringing forth.
- 5And one portion of them shall look on the other, And they shall be terrified, And they shall be downcast of countenance, And pain shall seize them, When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his glory.
- 6And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.
- 7For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden, And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might, And revealed him to the elect.
- 8And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown, And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.
- 9And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule the earth Shall fall down before him on their faces, And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man, And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands.
- 10Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them That they shall hastily go forth from His presence, And their faces shall be filled with shame, And the darkness shall grow deeper on their faces.
- 11And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment, To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His elect.
- 12And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for His elect: They shall rejoice over them, Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them, And His sword is drunk with their blood.
- 13And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day, And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous.
- 14And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them, And with that Son of Man shall they eat And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
- 15And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth, And ceased to be of downcast countenance.
- 16And they shall have been clothed with garments of glory, And they shall be the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits: And your garments shall not grow old, Nor your glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES
1 ENOCH 62
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Enoch 62 — Kings and mighty ones recognize the Son of Man as the righteous are clothed with life and glory.
About this illustration
The Son of Man is represented as a facially undefined figure within radiance, and the judgment is solemn but non-graphic; chapter 63’s confession is excluded.
Passage basis: 1 Enoch 62:1–16Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition
Bible Connections
These links distinguish direct quotation, explicit retelling, strong literary parallel, and broader shared tradition. A parallel does not by itself prove direct dependence.
The Son of Man comes in glory with angels or holy ones and repays people according to their deeds.
The Son of Man or Elect One sits on a throne of glory to judge.
The Son of Man sits on his glorious throne with angels, judges earthly rulers and people, punishes oppressors, and receives the righteous.
The chosen Son-of-Man figure judges while the earth and the realm of the dead return the dead for resurrection and judgment.
Revelation’s “one like a son of man,” white head or hair, and destructive word combine imagery associated with the Head of Days and Son of Man in 1 Enoch, while also drawing on Daniel.
Kings and mighty people are terrified and seek escape when the enthroned judge appears.
The enthroned messianic judge confronts kings and mighty rulers, and his word brings their condemnation.