His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
KJV
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. Which must be understood not of the substance but of the qualities of it, being bold, courageous, undaunted, and unmerciful; which is true both of the whale and crocodile, and particularly of the crocodile: Aelianus (z) relates of one sort of them that they are unmerciful, though elsewhere (a), he represents them as fearful.
(z) De Animal. l. 12. c. 41. (a) Ibid. l. 10. c. 24.
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