Neville Goddard on Job 40:23-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 40 in context

Scripture Focus

23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Job 40:23-24

Biblical Context

The passage presents Behemoth as a mighty inner force that drinks rivers with calm confidence. It symbolizes a fixed inner power moving through life’s currents and traps.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job 40:23-24 speaks not of a beast in the sands but of a state of consciousness within you. Behold, he drinketh up a river and hasteth not, for it is your inner governor calmly swallowing the currents of feeling and belief without haste. The river is life’s possibilities; the mouth is your act of assumption. You trust you can draw Jordan into your mouth because you are the I AM that is aware. The eyes that take it in and the nose that pierces snares are the inner faculties—perception and discernment—working under your conscious direction. When you imagine Behemoth, revise the scene to say: I, the I AM, command every current in my life and make it bend to my purpose. Humility here is not submission but proper alignment—recognizing power comes through awareness, not outward struggle. The snares are simply misinterpretations your inner sight clears. Hold this posture: a quiet, assured attention, a living belief that the inner governor rules, and watch the outer circumstances harmonize with your inward state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, picture Behemoth calmly drinking a river; then revise aloud, 'I am the ruler of my inner rivers.' Feel the certainty as if the outer scene already reflects your decree.