Neville Goddard on Job 15:7-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 15 in context

Scripture Focus

7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Job 15:7-16

Biblical Context

The passage questions whether humans can claim purity or full knowledge of God, asserting that people are not clean and wisdom is not entirely theirs. It urges humility before God and points to the limits of human understanding.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the words as a mirror of your own inner throne. The question 'What is man, that he should be clean?' is not a judgment of your flesh, but a claim that your consciousness can mistake itself for independent power. If you feel superior because of knowledge or lineage, you are simply projecting your inner state onto the world and calling it 'God’s secret.' The truth I invite you to see is that the secret of God is not a distant doctrine but the simple fact: I am that I am, the awareness behind all you think, say, and do. If you align with this one life within, the external saints and rituals cannot purify you; the inner presence is your true sanctity. Therefore, instead of turning your spirit against God through pride or fear, reinterpret every thought as a movement within your own consciousness. When you revise the sense of limitation and feel the presence of the I AM here and now, you are already clean, justified by allegiance to the divine within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the feeling of being already clean, even if the body's circumstances suggest otherwise. Revise your self-image to 'I AM that I AM' and dwell in the inner presence until the sense of separation dissolves.