Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.

New American Standard Bible

They reeled and staggered like a drunken man,
And were at their wits’ end.

King James Version

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

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
They reel to and fro
חגג 
Chagag 
Usage: 16

and stagger
נוּע 
Nuwa` 
Usage: 40

שׁכּר שׁכּור 
Shikkowr 
Usage: 13

and are at their wits'
חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

References

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Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

26 Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage melting away in anguish,
27 they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.
28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and He brought them out of their distress.


Cross References

Job 12:25

They grope around in darkness without light;
He makes them stagger like drunken men.


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Isaiah 19:3

Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of confusion.
The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does,
as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.

Isaiah 29:9

Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with beer.

Job 37:20

Should He be told that I want to speak?
Can a man speak when he is confused?

Isaiah 24:20

The earth staggers like a drunkard
and sways like a hut.
Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,
and it falls, never to rise again.

Acts 27:15-20

Since the ship was caught and was unable to head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

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