Neville Goddard on Job 18:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 18 in context

Scripture Focus

4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Job 18:4-6

Biblical Context

Job 18:4–6 describes the wicked's light being put out and their foundations shaken. It speaks of an inner judgment that affects the outer sense of security.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text, the 'wicked' is not a distant sinner but a state of fear and judgment within my own mind. When I tear myself in anger at another, I invite the earth to forsake me; I am dissolving my own foundation. The light that illuminates my tabernacle is the awareness I am, and when that awareness narrows into blame, the light withdraws, the rock shifts, and my candle is extinguished by my own hand. The message is a gentle correction: return to the I AM, reframe the scene as an inner movement of consciousness rather than a verdict upon others. The outer world will mirror the conditions I accept within; by choosing to see myself as one with the light, I rekindle the lamp. In that turning, what seemed to forsake me remains, yet no longer as something outside me; it becomes a sign of the inner harmony now realized. Thus the verse points to transformation: a shift from fear-born judgment to a consciousness that cannot be quenched by its own stories.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume in the now that your inner light remains lit. Revise the scene by affirming, 'I am the light of God within me,' and feel that certainty as if the candle never goes out.