- 1And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.
- 2And they said one to another: ‘The earth, made †without inhabitant, cries the voice of their crying† up to the gates of heaven.
- 3〚And now to you, the holy ones of heaven〛, the souls of men make their suit, saying, “Bring our cause before the Most High”.’
- 4And they said to the Lord of the ages: ‘Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings ‹and God of the ages›, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages!
- 5Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and all things Thou seest, and nothing can hide itself from Thee.
- 6Thou seest what Azâzêl hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which men were striving to learn:
- 7And Semjâzâ, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates.
- 8And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.
- 9And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness.
- 10And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are wrought on the earth.
- 11And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.’
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES
1 ENOCH 9
Read the chapter and trace carefully labeled connections throughout the Bible.
CHAPTER VISUAL
Enoch 9 — Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel behold the lawlessness below and bring humanity’s plea before heaven.
About this illustration
This scene is a visual interpretation of the chapter in the public-domain R. H. Charles translation; visionary imagery is presented symbolically without claiming details beyond the text.
Passage basis: 1 Enoch 9:1–11Ancient 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.
Pre-flood wickedness is connected with violence and forbidden arts taught by the Watchers.
Genesis says the earth was filled with violence; 1 Enoch describes the giants devastating the earth and filling it with bloodshed.
As Abel’s blood cries from the ground, the blood of those killed before the Flood causes the earth’s cry to reach heaven.
The blood or souls of the slain righteous cry for judgment, and heaven preserves their plea until the appointed time.