Ecclesiasticus 44:16
Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Enoch placuit Deo, et translatus est in paradisum, ut det gentibus pœnitentiam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Into. Greek, "a model of penance to past or future generations." (Haydock)
The Latin fathers suppose that Henoch was translated to heaven, or to the earthly paradise. It is the tradition both of Jews and of Christians that he is still alive, and will come to oppose Antichrist, (Apocalypse xi. 3., Genesis v. 22., and Hebrews xi. 5.; Calmet) when he will preach penance, (Worthington) chiefly to the Gentiles, while Elias will address himself to the Jews. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.