Psalm 107:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits' end.

New Living Translation
They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end.

English Standard Version
they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits’ end.

Berean Study Bible
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

New American Standard Bible
They reeled and staggered like a drunken person, And were at their wits’ end.

NASB 1995
They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end.

NASB 1977
They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits’ end.

Amplified Bible
They staggered and trembled like a drunken man, And were at their wits’ end [all their wisdom was useless].

Christian Standard Bible
they reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and all their skill was useless.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and all their skill was useless.

Contemporary English Version
You staggered like drunkards and gave up all hope.

Good News Translation
they stumbled and staggered like drunks--all their skill was useless.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.

International Standard Version
They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless.

NET Bible
They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

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

King James 2000 Bible
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

New Heart English Bible
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

World English Bible
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

American King James Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

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

A Faithful Version
They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and were at their wits' end.

Darby Bible Translation
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:

English Revised Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

Webster's Bible Translation
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(107:25) They reele to and fro, and they do stacker like a drunken man: and their wysdome fayleth them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They rele to and fro, they stacker like a droncken man, and are at their wittes ende.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, "" And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

Young's Literal Translation
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

Smith's Literal Translation
They will reel and stagger as he intoxicated, and all their wisdom will be swallowed down.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They shook and were agitated like drunkards and all their wisdom came to nothing.

Lamsa Bible
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, And all their wisdom was swallowed up--

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.
















Psalm 107:26
Top of Page
Top of Page