Psalms 107:27

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

25For He spoke and raised a stormy wind, Which lifted the waves of the sea. 26They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery. They reeled and staggered like a drunken person, And were at their wits’ end. 28Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. 29He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

Psalms 107:27 word by word

יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃Read the interlinear

• They reeledחָגַגchâgag · to celebrateH2287
• staggeredנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
• like a drunkenשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910
• wereבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104
• their wits’חׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451

Cross-references for Psalms 107:27

• Job 12:24He deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
• Isaiah 19:14The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of distortion; They have led Egypt astray in all that it does, As a drunken person staggers in his vomit.
• Isaiah 29:9Be delayed and horrified, Blind yourselves and be blind; They become drunk, but not with wine, They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• Job 37:20Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?
• Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confuse their strategy, So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead, And to mediums and spiritists.
• Acts 27:15and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven 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

Topics related to Psalms 107:27

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Chastisement
• Commerce
• Mariners (Sailors)

In the dictionaries

• Contemn
• Drink, strong
• Poetry
• Raise
• Reel
• Drunkenness
• Psalms, Book of
• Ships and Boats
• Text of the Old Testament
• Wisdom

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