Parallel Verses

World English Bible

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

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.

Holman Bible

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

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.

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

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. 27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

Cross References

Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

Isaiah 19:3

The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.

Isaiah 19:14

Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Isaiah 29:9

Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Job 37:20

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Isaiah 24:20

The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

Acts 27:15-20

When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

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