New English Translation
Psalms 107:27
27They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
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 gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. 26They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. 28They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. 29He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.
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 deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.
- Isaiah 19:14The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.
- Isaiah 29:9You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.
- Job 37:20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!
- Isaiah 19:3The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.
- Acts 27:15When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
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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