Neville Goddard on Job 27:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 27 in context

Scripture Focus

20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Job 27:20-23

Biblical Context

Terrifying forces seize him, a tempest drags him away at night, and a crowd mocks him as he is cast out of his place.

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines reveal the weather of my own consciousness. The terrors are not outside events; they are inner movements of mind I have entertained. When I identify with a state that feels cast out, I am swept from my place of certainty, as though the storm were punishment. God, the I AM, is not an external judge but the very awareness I am. The wind and tempest are thought-forms, convincing me of lack or danger. As I resist, or try to flee, the wind seems to carry me farther. The 'Men' who clap and hiss are the inner voices of judgment and fear I allow to speak. In truth I am not at the mercy of them; I return to the one steady 'I AM' behind all appearances. When I dwell there, the storm loses its power; the outward scene mirrors the inner stillness I already am. The scene is a reminder: transform the consciousness, and the world obeys.