And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Parallel translations
- WEB About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
- BSB Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- NKJV Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
- NASB It was also about these people that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord has come with many thousands of His holy ones,
- NLT Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones
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Quick answer
Jude cites a prophecy of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, that the Lord is coming with countless holy ones.
Overview
Jude quotes from the book of 1 Enoch to declare that judgment on the ungodly was foretold from ancient times. Christians differ on the status of this source; Jude's use does not necessarily endorse the whole book as Scripture but applies a true statement about the Lord's coming in judgment. The picture of the Lord arriving with myriads of holy ones points to the certainty and majesty of final judgment.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 33:2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
- Ps 50:3–5Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
- Heb 11:5–6By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- 2 Th 1:7–8And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- 1 Th 3:13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- Matt 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
- Matt 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- Matt 24:30–31And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Gen 5:18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
- Dan 7:9–10I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
- 1 Chr 1:1–3Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
- Job 19:25–27For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
- Zech 14:5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
- Gen 5:21–24And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
- Rev 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
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