Psalms 107:27

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“They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.”

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BSBPD

“They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 107:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
  2. Job 37:20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
  7. Acts 27:15Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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