2:31 “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one 2 of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm. 2:32 As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze.
1 tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.”
2 tn Aram “an image.”
3 tn Aram “until.”
4 tc The LXX, Theodotion, and the Vulgate have “from a mountain,” though this is probably a harmonization with v. 45.