Neville Goddard on Job 42:1-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 42 in context

Scripture Focus

1Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

10And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

17So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42:1-17

Biblical Context

Job affirms God's all-powerful wisdom and admits his own limited understanding. He moves from hearing about God to an inner sight of the Divine, which leads to repentance and restoration.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job’s dialogue with the Lord is really a dialogue within consciousness. The outer words confess a belief that God is beyond reach, while the inner shift happens when the I AM recognizes Itself as the one who sees and knows. 'I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee' becomes the turning point: knowledge moves from mental assent to felt reality. In Neville’s terms, God is not a distant counsel but the very state of awareness you inhabit. When Job abhors himself and repents, he aligns with the truth that the feeling you carry is the cause of your experiences. The moment he prays for his friends—blesses them rather than condemns them—the inner atmosphere changes and captivity loosens. The same now occurs for you: as you forgive, bless, and assume the presence of the I AM within, your external conditions bend to your new consciousness. The reward comes not by begging but by dwelling in the light of that Presence, and you find your later end exceeds the beginning, often in the forms you most desired.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM presence as your own, and silently bless someone you feel separated from. Hold the scene as if you have already turned their circumstance into good, and feel your own release as captivity dissolves.