⁵ By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death, and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.”^(A)

⁵¹ Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.”^(A)

⁷ and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath^[a] returns to God who gave it.^(A)

⁵ The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.^(A)

⁸ No one has power over the wind^[a] to restrain the wind^[b] or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.^(A)