Neville Goddard on Judges 14:12-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 14 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

13But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.

14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Judges 14:12-14

Biblical Context

Samson issues a riddle at the feast and promises a wager; the guests cannot solve it, revealing a hidden message about nourishment arising from unlikely sources and strength yielding sweetness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To interpret this text through the I AM lens is to see the eater and the strong as inner states of consciousness. The 'eater' is not a creature but a mode of appetite, a consuming attention that thinks life is a chase for sustenance, a hunger that devours peace. The 'strong' is the restless will, the belief that force creates results. When Samson says, 'out of the eater came forth meat,' he points to the possibility that from what seems to feed on life, life itself furnishes nourishment—when seen rightly. And 'out of the strong came forth sweetness' suggests that strength need not crush or harden; when rightly held in awareness, power yields joy, grace, even sweetness that no one can take. The riddle's seven days are the sevenfold testing of consciousness, a period in which you revise your assumption about what causes your experience. The true answer does not reveal a clever trick but a shift of state: awareness (I AM) is the source of every condition; by abiding in that state, you allow conditions to rearrange into nourishment and delight. The moral is not about winning a bet but recognizing that every appearance of opposition can yield merit when interpreted through an inner witnessing mind.