17. "Although you did move Me against him, to destroy him without cause" (Iyov 2:3). HE ASKS, If so, then was he punished unlawfully, only because of the talk of the Accuser who provoked Him and turned Him. HE ANSWERS, Rather, everything was only done according to Justice, and Elihu did say to him, "For the work of a man shall He pay back to him, and according to his ways will He cause to befall every man" (Iyov 34:11). As we said, as he decreed against the children of Yisrael by Pharaoh, such was decreed against him.