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Psalms 107:27

Psalms chapter 107 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

v.27This passage

v.28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 27:15

    and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

  • Isaiah 19:3

    And the spirit of Egypt shall fail 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 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.

  • Isaiah 19:14

    Jehovah 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.

  • Job 12:25

    They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

  • Isaiah 24:20

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