Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,

New American Standard Bible

They reeled and staggered like a drunken man,
And were at their wits’ end.

King James Version

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

Holman Bible

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
They reel to and fro
חגג 
Chagag 
Usage: 16

and stagger
נוּע 
Nuwa` 
Usage: 40

שׁכּר שׁכּור 
Shikkowr 
Usage: 13

and are at their wits'
חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

References

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Hastings

Watsons

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,


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.

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