King James Version

Psalms 107:27

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.

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יָח֣וֹגּוּyachogvcelebrateחָגַגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “celebrate”, an unfinished actionH2287properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddycelebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.וְ֭יָנוּעוּveyanuvand to up and downנוּעַconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and to up and down”, an unfinished actionH5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹרkashikoras drunkשִׁכּוֹרpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “as drunk”, the ordinary formH7910intoxicated, as astate or a habitdrunk(-ard, -en, -en man).וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).חָ֝כְמָתָ֗םchakhematamwisdomחׇכְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wisdom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2451wisdom (in a good sense)skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.תִּתְבַּלָּֽעtitbaladestroyבָּלַעverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

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American Standard Version (1901)

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

Young’s Literal Translation

They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

World English Bible

They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

Darby Translation

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐταράχθησαν, ἐσαλεύθησαν ὡς ὁ μεθύων, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ σοφία αὐτῶν κατεπόθη.