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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 drunken man. (Job 12:25)
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Isa. 19:14• 14The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. (Isa. 19:14)
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Isa. 29:9• 9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: 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 that I speak? if a man speak, 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 thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. (Isa. 19:3)
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Isa. 19•  (Isa. 19)
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Acts 27:15‑20• 15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
 16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
 17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
 18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
 19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
 20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then 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: