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Psalm 107

Psa. 107:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They reel to and fro
chagag (Hebrew #2287)
properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
KJV usage: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
Pronounce: khaw-gag'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2283, 2328)
, and stagger
nuwa` (Hebrew #5128)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV usage: continually, fugitive, X 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).
Pronounce: noo'-ah
Origin: a primitive root
like a drunken man
shikkowr (Hebrew #7910)
from 7937; intoxicated, as a state or a habit
KJV usage: drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
Pronounce: shik-kore'
Origin: or shikkor {shik-kore'}
, and ζare at their wits’
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
end
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
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all their wisdom is swallowed up.

Cross References

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stagger.
Job 12:25• 25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard. (Job 12:25)
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Isa. 19:14• 14Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit. (Isa. 19:14)
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Isa. 29:9• 9Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. (Isa. 29:9)
are at their wit's end.
Heb. all their wisdom is swallowedup.
Job 37:20• 20Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man so say, surely he shall be swallowed up. (Job 37:20)
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Isa. 19:3• 3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers, and unto the necromancers, and unto the soothsayers. (Isa. 19:3)
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Isa. 19•  (Isa. 19)
:*marg:;
Acts 27:15‑20• 15And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven before it.
 16But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;
 17which having hoisted up, they used helps, frapping the ship; and fearing lest they should run into Syrtis and run aground, and having lowered the gear they were so driven.
 18But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,
 19and on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.
 20And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away. (Acts 27:15‑20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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