King James Version
Psalms 107:27 in the King James Version says “They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. are: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowe...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. are: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up”
Psalms 107:27 · KJV
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. are: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They reel to and fro”
H2287properly, to move in a circle, i.e., (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
“and stagger”
H5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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