Psalms 107:27

They swayed ¹  and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. ² 

They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits’ end.

They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits’ end.

They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits’ end.

You were spun like a top, you reeled like a drunk, you didn't know which end was up.

They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

they reeled and staggered like drunkards, and were at their wits’ end.

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

They swayed ¹  and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. ² 

¹ tn Only here does the Hebrew verb חָגַג (khagag; normally meaning “to celebrate”) carry the nuance “to sway.”

² tn The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root בלע (“to swallow”), but HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע understands a homonym here with the meaning “to be confused.”