Psalm 107:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits' end [all their wisdom has come to nothing].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk. None of their skill was of any help.

Psalm 107:27 Cross References

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 would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her: and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

Isaiah 19:3

And the spirit of Egypt shall be made void in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

Isaiah 24:20

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Isaiah 29:9

Tarry ye and wonder, take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.