What man [is] like Job
This is said as wondering at the part he acted, that a man so
wise and good as Job was esteemed to be should behave in such a
manner as he did;
[who] drinketh up scorning like water?
For a foolish and wicked man to do so is not strange nor
uncommon; but for a man of such sense and grace as Job was to do
this was astonishing; to have no more regard to his character
than to expose himself to the scorn and ridicule of men: for a
man to become a laughing stock to profane and wicked men for his
religion and piety, it is no disgrace, but an honour to him; but
by unbecoming words and gestures to make himself justly jeered
and scoffed at is great indiscretion. Or it may be understood
actively of his dealing very freely and frequently in scoffs and
jeers, which he poured out very liberally and plentifully, and
seemingly with as much delight as a man drinks water when
thirsty; see ( Job 11:3 ) .