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 stagger like a drunkard.
Isaiah 19:14
Yahweh has mixed a spirit of confusion into her midst, and they have caused Egypt to stagger in all of its doings, as {when a drunkard staggers} in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Be astonished and be amazed! Blind yourselves and be blinded! They are drunk but not [from] wine; they stagger but not [from] strong drink.

Are at their wits' end

Job 37:20
Should he be told that I want to speak? Or did a man say that he would be communicated with?
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of {the Egyptians} will be disturbed in his midst, and I will {confuse} his plans, and they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, and the ghosts and the spiritists.

General references

Psalm 89:9
You are ruling the surging of the sea. When its waves rise, {you yourself still} them.