Psalms 107:27

In 11 translations

BSB

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.Or and all their wisdom was swallowed up or and they were at their wits’ end

KJV

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.are…: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC106:27

They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

GNV

They are tossed to and from, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

JPS

They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

LXXE106:27

They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

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WLC

יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃

LXX-Br106:27

ἐταράχθησαν, ἐσαλεύθησαν ὡς ὁ μεθύων, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ σοφία αὐτῶν κατεπόθη.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
• Isaiah 19:14The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
• Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
• Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
• Acts 27:15–20Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along. Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat. After hoisting it up,…
• Job 37:20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
• Isaiah 24:20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

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