Chapter 16: The Vision of the Four Beasts
Book of the Watchers
And Enoch dreamed a dream, and behold, a great darkness covered the earth.
And he saw four beasts rising up out of the sea, each different from the other.
Parallels with Canonical Texts
Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea... In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man.
Connection: Four beasts from the sea
And the first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle, and the heart of a man.
And the second beast was like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth.
And the third beast was like a leopard, and it had four wings like a fowl, and four heads.
And the fourth beast was dreadful and terrible, and it had great iron teeth, and it was different from all the beasts before it.
And I beheld, and the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days sat, and His raiment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool.
And a thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
And the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
And the righteous were raised to the kingdom of heaven, and the wicked were cast into the lake of fire.