Neville Goddard on Job 27:14-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 27 in context

Scripture Focus

14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Job 27:14-19

Biblical Context

Job 27:14-19 presents outward wealth and offspring as fragile, vanishing goods. True security lies in the inner state that governs all appearances.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage the outer treasure and the doom of death are only images of a deeper inner consciousness. What we call wealth is a reflection of the state I hold in the I AM within me. If I cultivate fear or attachment, fortune appears as a sword and the dream ends in loss. If I dwell in a just, generous inner atmosphere, the just can wear the garment of abundance and share the silver in harmony. The lines about a house built like a moth and a booth show the brittleness of material feeling when its foundation is not anchored in awareness. I am not the body that will die; I am the I AM that cannot perish. By revising the belief that wealth comes from without, I align with a lasting order within and watch external conditions respond to that interior claim. Death and gathering dissolve when I acknowledge the inner nature of life, and true security becomes the quiet assurance of consciousness that nobody can destroy.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and feel the I AM as your true wealth. Assume a tone of inner sufficiency and imagine the body of your life being sustained by inner awareness rather than by external possessions.