Psalms 107:27
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
In Context
Cross References
Job 12:25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.
Isaiah 24:20The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
Acts 27:15And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:24-33
The Divine Goodness to Mariners. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the Lord , and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth… Read the whole commentary →