You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its form was frightening.
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Jerome
AD 420
Instead of "statue," that is a sculptured effigy, the only rendering used by Symmachus, others have translated it as "image," intending by this term to indicate a resemblance to future events. Let us go through the prophetic interpretation, and as we translate Daniel's words (C), let us explain at some length the matters which he briefly states.
