God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:27
27They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
Psalms 107:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
- New International Version (NIV)They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits’ end.
- English Standard Version (ESV)they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.
Context of Psalms 107:27
25He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high. 26The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage melted in ⌞the face of⌟ disaster. They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless. 28In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He led them from their troubles. 29He made the storm calm down, and the waves became still.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:27 word by word
יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:27
- Job 12:24He takes away the common sense of a country’s leaders and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness.
- Isaiah 19:14The Lord mixes up their minds. So they lead the Egyptians astray like a drunk who staggers in his vomit.
- Isaiah 29:9If you confuse yourselves, you will be confused. If you blind yourselves, you will be blinded. You are drunk, but not from wine. You stagger, but not from liquor.
- Job 37:20Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?
- Isaiah 19:3The Egyptians will lose courage. I will unravel their plans. They will turn to idols, ghosts, mediums, and fortunetellers.
- Acts 27:15The wind carried the ship away, and we couldn’t sail against the wind. We couldn’t do anything, so we were carried along by the wind.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27They reel to and fro - The word used here - חגג châgag - means to dance as in a circle; then, to reel, or be giddy as drunkards are. And stagger - This word means to move to and fro; to waver; to vacillate; and it is then applied to a man who cannot walk steadily - a drunkard. So the vessel, with the mariners on board, seems to stagger and reel in the storm. And are at their wit‘s end - Margin, as in Hebrew, “All their wisdom is swallowed up.” That is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 23-32 Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable it is at such a time to pray! This may remind us of the terrors and distress of conscience many experience, and of those deep scenes of trouble which many pass through, in their Christian course. Yet, in answer to their cries, the Lord turns their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-29The same God who speaks and brings about the sailors’ distress can also calm the storm with just a word (compare Jonah 1:4; Matthew 8:26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-3223-32. Here are set forth the perils of seafaring, futility of man's, and efficiency of God's, help. go ... sea--alluding to the elevation of the land at the coast.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 107
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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