Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,
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.
Interlinear
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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 go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted. 27 They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up. 28 And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 12:25
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
Isaiah 19:3
And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.
Isaiah 19:14
Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard erreth in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.
Job 37:20
Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
Isaiah 24:20
Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.
Acts 27:15-20
and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we were borne on,