<P> Watcher (Aramaic עִיר ʿiyr, plural עִירִין ʿiyrin, IPA ʕiːr (iːn); Theodotian trans: ir; from the root of Heb . ʿer, "awake, watchful"; Greek: ἐγρήγοροι, transl.: egrḗgoroi; Slav transliteration, Grigori, "Watchers", "those who are awake"; "guard", "watcher") is a term used in connection with biblical angels . Watcher occurs in both plural and singular forms in the Book of Daniel (4th--2nd century BC), where reference is made to their holiness . The apocryphal Books of Enoch (2nd--1st centuries BC) refer to both good and bad Watchers, with a primary focus on the rebellious ones . </P> <P> In the Book of Daniel 4: 13, 17, 23 (ESV) there are three references to the class of "watcher, holy one" (watcher, Aramaic ` iyr; holy one, Aramaic qaddiysh). The term is introduced by Nebuchadnezzar who says he saw "a watcher, a holy one come down (singular verb) from heaven ." He describes how in his dream the watcher says that Nebuchadnezzar will eat grass and be mad and that this punishment is "by the decree of the Watchers, the demand by the word of the Holy Ones"... "the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men ." After hearing the king's dream Daniel considers for an hour and then responds: </P>

Who are the watchers in the book of daniel