They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.
Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?
The Lord mixes up their minds. So they lead the Egyptians astray like a drunk who staggers in his vomit.
The Egyptians will lose courage. I will unravel their plans. They will turn to idols, ghosts, mediums, and fortunetellers.
The earth will stumble like a drunk and sway like a shack in the wind. Its disobedience weighs heavy on it. It will fall and not get up again.
If you confuse yourselves, you will be confused. If you blind yourselves, you will be blinded. You are drunk, but not from wine. You stagger, but not from liquor.