Neville Goddard on Job 12:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 12 in context

Scripture Focus

7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

Job 12:7-9

Biblical Context

Beasts, birds, earth, and sea teach that the hand of the Lord has wrought all things. Creation reflects an inner order that your mind can discern.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job 12:7-9 is not a call to chase external omens but to inquire within. The beasts and birds are inner symbols—your own driving thoughts and feelings—testifying that the hand of the LORD is your own I AM, the timeless awareness that says 'I AM.' When you look at weather, creatures, or earth and translate what you perceive as evidence of God, you are really reading the weather of your consciousness. The 'hand' is not a distant puppet-master but your attending awareness shaping experience through imagination. If you feel scarcity, confusion, or fear, you are hearing the world tell you what you already assume; if you desire harmony, abundance, and health, you can choose that assumption and let it resonate through form. The creation reveals that order and providence arise from within; your inner state is the script the outer world merely reads. Thus, the verse invites you to become vigilant stewards of your inner life, using your imagination to implant truth and watch it clothed in experience as God’s handiwork.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and adopt the simple assumption 'I am that which I seek.' Visualize a living sign from nature—a bird, beast, or the sea—acknowledging your state, and feel the certainty of it as already real.