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 drunkard.
Isaiah 19:14
Jehovah has mixed a perverse spirit in its midst; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all its work, like a drunkard staggers in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Stand still and wonder! Blind your eyes and be blind! They are drunk, 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 would speak? If a man speaks, 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 its wisdom. And they shall seek to idols, and to the enchanters, and to the mediums, and to the future-tellers.

General references

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