Neville Goddard on Job 24:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 24 in context

Scripture Focus

17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:17-18

Biblical Context

The morning is experienced as a shadow of death by those who dwell in fear. The swift movement of life becomes a curse on their portion, blinding them to the path of nourishment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job 24:17-18, to the consciousness seeker, reveals that dawn and daybreak are not neutral facts but states of awareness. The 'morning' becomes the moment when one identifies with fear, and thus the light is felt as the shadow of death. The ones spoken of are not outside people; they are inner dispositions—habits of mind that hurry toward peril and miss truth. The line 'He is swift as the waters' speaks of the swift currents of thought when fear governs; 'their portion is cursed in the earth' is the experience of lack and limitation born from believing in separation from the I AM. And 'he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards' points to the moment when one cannot see the abundance that grows from the inner vine—growth, nourishment, and surplus that arise from a state of inner trust rather than outer struggle. Remember: God is the I AM, and imagination fashions your world. If you assume a different state—right now—you dissolve the shadow, align with the light, and witness the 'earth' yielding the vineyard you seek.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Stand in your present moment and declare, 'I am the I AM; this morning is my consciousness awakening.' Feel that identity until fear fades and inner abundance appears; revise any thought of curse into a felt sense of nourishment.