Neville Goddard on Job 28:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 28 in context

Scripture Focus

1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

8The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Job 28:1-11

Biblical Context

Job 28:1–11 speaks of hidden resources in the earth and the deliberate order of creation. It invites us to recognize that light and meaning arise from an inner, disciplined awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Job's quarry lies your own inner geology. The vein for silver and gold is the steady form of consciousness you can claim today—beliefs, loves, and possibilities you decide are real. When the text speaks of iron drawn from earth and brass melted from stone, see every condition you meet as metal refined by your attention, turning lack into wisdom and limitation into ordered life. The end of darkness and the search for perfection is the inner discipline of attention, sifting thoughts until the stones of darkness yield light. The flood breaking forth from the inhabitant represents the energy you unleash by a revised assumption, carving new channels in your mind. There is a path that no fowl knows, and you discover it by refusing the obvious and entertaining the unseen possibility. You are not separate from the hidden things; you are the perceiver, and your inner eye sees every precious thing. When you bind the floods from overflowing you tame fear and force, and what has been hid becomes light in your world. The kingdom manifests as you align your inner state with its order.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume that the inner wealth you seek is already yours, feel the certainty of it now, and let that assumption color every moment.