1 Enoch 42

Text (R.H. Charles, 1917)

XLII. The Dwelling-places of Wisdom and of Unrighteousness.

XLII. 1. Wisdom found no place where she might dwell;
Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the heavens.

2. Wisdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of men,
And found no dwelling-place:

Wisdom returned to her place
And took her seat among the angels.

3. And unrighteousness went forth from her chambers:
Whom she sought not she found,
And dwelt with them,
As rain in a desert,
And dew on a thirsty land.

Translation: R.H. Charles, 1917 (public domain). Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #77935.