Here Job invokes curses upon himself. "...may my wife grind another man's grain...," "...let my arm fall from my shoulder...," ...let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley." He invites divine judgment, while rejecting the judgment of his critical friends. Job clings to pride, to innocence, and to self-defense.
Jesus humbles himself, says there is only one good, and scatters all would-be defenders. How different!
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