KJV King James Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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Psalm 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
WEB World English Bible
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
ASV American Standard Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.
Surrounding context — Psalm 107
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.Isaiah 29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.Isaiah 19:14The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken [man] staggereth in his vomit.Acts 27:15-20And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let [her] drive.Job 37:20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.Isaiah 24:20The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
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