Neville Goddard on Judges 14:12-17 - 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.

15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?

16And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

17And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Judges 14:12-17

Biblical Context

Samson issues a riddle to the feast-goers, promising gold and garments as a prize; when they can't answer, his wife presses him to reveal it, and she ultimately repeats the riddle to her people.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the surface, Samson’s riddle is a game, yet in Neville's wake, it becomes your inner equation. The eater and the strong are your passing thoughts: appetite and will. When you presume to solve life by force or fear, you miss the truth: out of the eater comes meat, out of the strong comes sweetness. The meat is nourishment when you interpret events with awareness; the sweetness is understanding that lifts you beyond the appearance of strength. The seven days remind you of cycles in consciousness; the wife is the inner voice that pleads for the answer before you are ready, and her tears reveal your investment in the outcome. But the real answer exists in the I AM—the sense of being, the quiet witness. When you stand in that awareness, the apparent conflict dissolves, the secret is revealed, and the mind finds its feast—not by forcing a result but by yielding to the movement of your consciousness. Such a revelation is not external; it is the conversion of experience into nourishment through awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: For the next seven breaths, presume you have already deciphered your inner riddle. State aloud or in your heart: I AM awareness; from seeming hardship comes nourishment, from strength comes sweetness. Feel it now.