Neville Goddard on Job 3:20-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 3 in context

Scripture Focus

20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Job 3:20-22

Biblical Context

Job 3:20–22 presents a lament: misery longs for light and life, yet death remains elusive. The speaker seeks the grave as if it were treasure, questioning why relief is so hard to reach.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, these verses are not about outward fate but about the state you are wearing as your own consciousness. The 'misery' is a thought-form, a decision you have allowed to stand as your reality; light is your awareness shining through that state, and life is the vitality of your present mood. The cry for death is the mind's refusal to let the old self die and be replaced by a new sense of being. The grave you long for is not a place, but the ending of the old identification with pain. When you say, 'Why is light given to the miserable?' you are awakening to the fact that you are the I AM who gives light to every moment; the moment you turn your attention to the I AM as your reality, the sense of duration without relief dissolves, and relief enters as an inner impression. Practice: assume the state of being the light and life right now; revise the scene by declaring, 'I AM the light in this circumstance' and feel it as real. Then notice how the external conditions shift to match your inner shift.