Behold, he drinketh up a river— Should an inundation of the river suddenly overtake him, he would not be in the least fear: he trusteth that he can spout forth Jordan through his mouth. Bochart and others say, that
Jordan is here put by a figure for any river; but Houbigant is of opinion, that the Jordan itself is meant, which was not far from the land of Uz, and in which, no doubt, there were hippopotami, as well as in the Nile.