Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
A watcher. A vigilant angel, perhaps the guardian of Israel. (Challoner)
Chaldean hir; (Haydock) whence Iris the messenger of the gods, is derived. (St. Jerome)
Theodotion retains eir. See St. Jerome in Psalm lxxvi. 4. The scholiast (Rom. ed.) says: "the Septuagint render it an angel, the rest a watcher. "These supernatural agents (Haydock) and saints are represented as judges, ver. 14. (Calmet)
