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 makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
Isaiah 19:14
The LORD has mixed a perverse spirit in its midst: and they have caused Egypt to err in her every work, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Stop, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: 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 that I speak? if a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in its midst; and I will destroy its counsel: and they shall seek after the idols, and the charmers, and the mediums, and the wizards.

General references

Psalm 89:9
You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.