Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Are at their wits' end

General references

Bible References

Stagger

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
Isaiah 19:14
Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Are at their wits' end

Job 37:20
Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man so say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers, and unto the necromancers, and unto the soothsayers.

General references

Psalm 89:9
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.