Neville Goddard on Job 14:10-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 14 in context

Scripture Focus

10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Job 14:10-19

Biblical Context

Job ponders death's finality and the fading of life, noting how time erodes worldly hopes, while he longs for an inner change that only the divine presence can bring.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job’s meditation reveals a deeper law: death and decay are not the end of you, but the passing of a mode of consciousness. The grave and the longing for secrecy from wrath symbolize a belief you once held about yourself; yet the true 'awake' is the I AM awareness that never dies. When Job asks, ‘If a man die, shall he live again?’ the question becomes a prompt to revise your inner narrative, not to wait for outer reversal. The moment you hear, ‘Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee,’ is your inner dialogue with God—the you that is forever present. The mountains that fall and the waters that wear stones show how persistent old forms yield to a faithful conviction. Your future life is not imposed from without but imagined from within: you assign a set time by the act of assumption. The change comes as you consistently align with the truth of your inner I AM, and let life unfold from that essential action.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume you are already in the awakened state; say, 'I am the I AM awakening now.' Feel the belief as real, let the old fear dissolve, and notice a sense of life returning to your inner waters.