1:14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, 7 even prophesied of them, 8 saying, “Look! The Lord is coming 9 with thousands and thousands 10 of his holy ones,
1 tn This verb could also be subordinated to the preceding: “that you be not smitten.”
2 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the
3 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
4 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
5 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
6 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the
7 tn Grk “the seventh from Adam.”
8 tn Grk “against them.” The dative τούτοις (toutois) is a dativus incommodi (dative of disadvantage).
9 tn Grk “has come,” a proleptic aorist.
10 tn Grk “ten thousands.” The word μυριάς (muria"), from which the English myriad is derived, means “ten thousand.” In the plural it means “ten thousands.” This would mean, minimally, 20,000 (a multiple of ten thousand). At the same time, the term was often used in apocalyptic literature to represent simply a rather large number, without any attempt to be specific.