Neville Goddard on Job 18:11-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 18 in context

Scripture Focus

11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Job 18:11-15

Biblical Context

These verses describe terror surrounding a person, draining strength with hunger and death, and removing confidence until he stands before the king of terrors. They present inner states, not fixed facts, revealing that you can revise fear through inner realization.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's tongue, the terrors are not external monsters but your present state of consciousness—fear, lack, and the sense of predation you feed with attention. The 'king of terrors' is the commanding thought that your life and strength belong to threat; the 'tabernacle' is your inner sanctuary—the I AM you are, untouched by decay. When your vitality is said to be 'hunger-bitten' and destroyed, that is the reflex of identifying with a self built on lack. The remedy is to shift to the living awareness that you are the I AM—already whole, protected, and enduring. Assume the state where there is no destruction at your side; dwell in the inner land of abundance and let the outer form answer to that truth. Revision is done by feeling it real: see the scene change from terror to peace, from threat to assurance, by repeating the awareness, “I AM that I AM” as your present life. Confidence is rooted not by coercion but by identity; the king of terrors loses his throne when you recognize your tabernacle as the I AM.