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Psalms 107:27

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.

KJV

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

ASV

יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭/יָנוּעוּ כַּ/שִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְ/כָל חָ֝כְמָתָ֗/ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע

Hebrew

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

YLT

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

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
חֹ֖ג
chg
verb · 16×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 50×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
שִׁכּ֔וֹר
shkvr
adjective · 13×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:15 — And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
  • Isa 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to t
  • Isa 19:14 — The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
  • Isa 24:20 — The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
  • Isa 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way t
  • Isa 29:9 — Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  • Job 12:25 — They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
  • Job 12:25 — They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
  • Job 37:20 — Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
  • Matt 14:30 — But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.