Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.

Now the day came when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

"Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

"Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

"Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

And why 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 diligently, but I will be gone."

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

"Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely.

"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

"Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips' contentions.

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.

Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

"But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?'

"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

"And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.

Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

"But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

Now in this, you are not right -- I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."