Neville Goddard on Job 5:17-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 5 in context

Scripture Focus

17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

Job 5:17-27

Biblical Context

God disciplines those He loves, and within that discipline He wounds and heals. Through trials, He delivers from trouble and invites peace.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, this is not about punishment from an external force but the state of your own consciousness. 'God correcteth' signifies your I AM, the living awareness, turning toward the idea you resist and reworking it into alignment. When pain arises, it is the mind inviting healing by returning its attention to the inner presence that binds the wound through realization. The six or seven troubles are not separate misfortunes; they are thoughts you tolerate until you refuse to identify with them and choose a state of wholeness. Deliverance begins the moment you decide you are not at the mercy of fate but in league with the life-energy that gives form. Conditions like famine, war, or the tongue’s scorn are images in your inner theater quieted by the truth of your tranquil tabernacle and secure home. If you persist in this recognition, your seed will prosper, your life mature into fullness, and your grave approach in a peaceful season—because you have learned to dwell in the immutable peace of God here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and declare, 'I am now in the discipline of God; my wounds are bound up, and I am at peace.' Then linger in that feeling for a few minutes, revising a current worry as already resolved and observing the outer drift toward harmony.