Psalms 107:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.”
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“They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 107:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
- Job 37:20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- 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).