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Psalm 107:27

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107:27They swayed34 and staggered like a drunk,

and all their skill proved ineffective.35

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Footnotes

  1. 34 Only here does the Hebrew verb חָגַג (khagag; normally meaning “to celebrate”) carry the nuance “to sway.”
  2. 35 The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root בלע (“to swallow”), but III בלע understands a homonym here with the meaning “to be confused.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

they reeled and staggered like drunken men

and were at their wits’ end.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They reeled and staggered like drunkards;

they were at their wits’ end.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,

and all their skill was useless.

NLTNew Living Translation

They reeled and staggered like drunkards

and were at their wits’ end.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They reeled and staggered like a drunkard,

and they were at their wits’ end.

KJV 1900King James Version

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,

And are at their wits’ end.