Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.

“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?

“Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

“Indeed, you have now become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.

“Now please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face.

“Desist now, let there be no injustice;
Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.

“For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.

“But now He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.

“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And my advocate is on high.

“Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will be my guarantor?

“But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

Where now is my hope?
And who regards my hope?

“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”

“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

“And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.

“And now my soul is poured out within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

“Let me now be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man.

“However now, Job, please hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.

“Behold now, I open my mouth,
My tongue in my mouth speaks.

“And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

“Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

“Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.

‘Hear, now, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct me.’

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”