Neville Goddard on Job 16:9-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 16 in context

Scripture Focus

9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

Job 16:9-14

Biblical Context

The passage presents a portrait of intense affliction, as if the mind itself is being torn apart by wrath and attack. It frames suffering as an inner movement that tests fidelity and endurance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner drama in Job 16:9-14 is not about an external foe but the clashing voices within your own consciousness. The tearing, gaping mouths, and archers are images of thoughts and memories that would make you feel separate from the I AM. When you identify with fear, judgment, or guilt, you hand yourself over to the ungodly—patterns that keep you in bondage to pain. Yet the verse invites you to see this as a dream moving within you, a script you can rewrite. You are the observer, the creator of the scene. By assuming a new state, by feeling it real that you are the I AM, intact, protected, and loved, you reorient the field. The 'giant' rushing upon you becomes the momentum of a belief you are choosing to outgrow. Let the energy move through without resistance; breathe and hold the conviction, 'I am the I AM; I dwell in peace, and no circumstance can reach that truth.' In this consciousness, the affliction dissolves, and you awaken to a steadier, luminous self—the only reality.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM now and revise the scene with the inner decree, 'I am the I AM, safe and loved.' Feel it-real by breathing into the chest until peace registers in every cell.