Jude 1:14
What does Jude 1:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Jude 1:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Jude 1:14 means
Jude cites Enoch, the seventh from Adam, who prophesied that the Lord came with ten thousands of His holy ones. The prophetic perfect underscores certainty: God’s coming in judgment is as sure as if it had already occurred. The Lord does not come alone; His holy ones accompany Him, signaling a public, glorious reckoning. This ancient testimony shows that judgment on the ungodly has always been in view. For Christians, the New Testament reveals that Jesus Christ will execute this judgment. Jude appeals to this prophecy to steady believers: the Lord sees, the Lord comes, and the Lord will not let wickedness prevail indefinitely within His people.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam--Enoch--saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands of his saints:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
Context
After describing present corruptions and their reserved darkness, Jude strengthens the case with prophetic witness. Verse 14 introduces Enoch’s prophecy to show that the coming judgment is not a new idea. Verse 15 will specify the purpose of that coming—to execute judgment and convict the ungodly for their deeds and words. The appeal to ancient prophecy bridges the past warnings with the present crisis and the future reckoning, uniting the letter’s historical and eschatological themes.
v.13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
v.14This passage
v.15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
- Matthew 25:31
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
- Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
- Deuteronomy 33:2
And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
- Zechariah 14:5
And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.
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