Neville Goddard on Job 2:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 2 in context

Scripture Focus

4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 2:4-5

Biblical Context

Job 2:4–5 presents Satan arguing that a man will give all he has to preserve life, and that severe bodily harm would force him to curse God. It frames a test of loyalty under threat, revealing the dynamics of possession, fear, and divine testing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'man' in the text is not a distant character but the state of your own consciousness pretending to be separate from God. 'Skin for skin' and 'bone and flesh' point to the surfaces of your personality—the possessions you cling to, the bodily sense of security, the story you tell yourself about life. Satan's challenge is the inner voice insisting that without external comfort, you will abandon your true allegiance. Yet in Neville's world, God is the I AM, the awareness that survives every scene; the outer threat is simply a mirror showing what you have assumed to be real. When you accept this interior test as the occasion to re-choose, you can revise the scene by entering the state of fulfilled life now. Do not deny pain, but refuse to let it redefine you: remain as the I AM, imagining that happiness and vitality are your permanent birthright. In that moment, 'touch' to your bone and flesh no longer boomerangs back as fear; it becomes a proof of the power of inner life to sustain you beyond appearances.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare: 'I am the I AM; nothing external can touch my true life.' Then revise the scene by imagining the worst loss and feeling the steadfast sense of being untouched, as you dwell in that feeling-it-real for a few minutes.