Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Holman Bible
and all their skill was useless.
International Standard Version
They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless.
A Conservative Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
American Standard Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits end.
Amplified
They staggered and trembled like a drunken man,
And were at their wits’ end [all their wisdom was useless].
Bible in Basic English
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
Darby Translation
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:
Julia Smith Translation
They will reel and stagger as he intoxicated, and all their wisdom will be swallowed down.
King James 2000
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and {they were at their wits' end}.
Modern King James verseion
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They reel to and fro, they stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
NET Bible
They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
New Heart English Bible
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Webster
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
World English Bible
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Youngs Literal Translation
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 107:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance
26 They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth; 27 They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed, 28 Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth,
Phrases
Cross References
Job 12:25
They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt, shall vanish, within them, Yea the sagacity thereof, will I swallow up, - And they will seek Unto the idols and Unto them that mutter, and Unto them that have familiar spirits, and Unto the wizards;
Isaiah 19:14
Yahweh, hath infused in her midst, a spirit of perverseness, - And they have led Egypt astray into all his own doings, As a drunken man staggereth into his own vomit;
Isaiah 29:9
Stand ye stock still and stare, Besmear your eyes and be blind, - They are drunken but not with wine, They reel, but not with strong drink;
Job 37:20
Shall it be declared to him - that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?
Isaiah 24:20
The earth staggereth - staggereth like a drunken man, And rocketh to and fro like a night-hut, - So shall be heavy upon her, her transgression, And she shall fall and not again rise.
Acts 27:15-20
and, the ship being caught and we not being able to bring her head to the wind, we let her go, and were borne along.