They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
Parallel translations
- KJV They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
- BSB They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
- NKJV They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.
- NASB They reeled and staggered like a drunken person, And were at their wits’ end.
- NLT They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
- Isa 29:9Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
- Isa 19:3The spirit of Egypt will fail within it. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
- Isa 19:14Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
- Acts 27:15–20When the ship was caught, and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
- Isa 24:20The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.
- Job 37:20Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
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