Verse 27

{ "verseID": "Psalms.107.27", "source": "יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע", "text": "*yāḥôggû* and-*yānûʿû* like-the-*šikkôr* and-all-*ḥokmātām* *titballāʿ*", "grammar": { "*yāḥôggû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they reel", "*yānûʿû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with prefixed conjunction waw - and they stagger", "*šikkôr*": "adjective/noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition kaf and definite article - like the drunk/drunkard", "*ḥokmātām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed kol and conjunction waw - and all their wisdom/skill", "*titballāʿ*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is swallowed up" }, "variants": { "*yāḥôggû*": "they reel/stagger/are dizzy", "*yānûʿû*": "they stagger/totter/wander", "*šikkôr*": "drunk/drunkard/intoxicated person", "*ḥokmātām*": "their wisdom/skill/expertise", "*titballāʿ*": "it is swallowed up/engulfed/consumed" } }

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De tumlet og var ute av seg som fulle menn, og all deres visdom ble til intet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De vakler og sier som en drukken mann, og all deres visdom svinner hen.

• Norsk King James

  De vager frem og tilbake, og vakler som en drukken mann, og er ved sitt siste.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De tumlet og ravet som berusede, all deres visdom ble oppslukt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De ravet og slingret som drukne, og all deres visdom var til ingen nytte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De snubler og vakler som en drukken mann, og er uten råd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De vakler hit og dit, snubler som en beruset, og vet ikke lenger hva de skal gjøre.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De snubler og vakler som en drukken mann, og er uten råd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De ravet og tumlet som en drukken mann, og all deres visdom var borte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De vaklet og stavret som en drukken mann, og all deres visdom forsvant.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De dreves omkring og ravede som den Drukne, og al deres Viisdom blev opslugt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De tumler og skjener som en drukken mann, og er ved enden av sin visdom.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De vakler og svinser som en drukken mann, og er ved slutten av sin visdom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De ravet og vaklet som drukkenbolter, all deres visdom var til ingen nytte.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De tumler og vakler som en drukken mann, og er ved enden av sin kløkt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De virrer frem og tilbake, som om de var fulle; all deres visdom svikter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They rele to and fro, they stacker like a droncken man, and are at their wittes ende.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They reele to and fro, and they do stacker like a drunken man: and their wysdome fayleth them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Job.12.25", "source": "יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃", "text": "*yəmaššû-ḥōšek* *wə-lōʾ-ʾôr* *wa-yatʿēm* *ka-ššikkôr*", "grammar": { "*yəmaššû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they grope", "*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*wə-lōʾ-ʾôr*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and not light", "*wa-yatʿēm*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he makes them wander", "*ka-ššikkôr*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the drunkard" }, "variants": { "*yəmaššû*": "grope/feel about", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity", "*ʾôr*": "light/daylight", "*yatʿēm*": "makes them wander/causes them to stray", "*šikkôr*": "drunkard/intoxicated person" } }
• Isa 19:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Isaiah.19.3", "source": "וְנָבְקָ֤ה רֽוּחַ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ וַעֲצָת֖וֹ אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ וְדָרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָֽאֱלִילִים֙ וְאֶל־הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים וְאֶל־הָאֹב֖וֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃", "text": "And-*nāḇqāh* *rûaḥ*-*Miṣrayim* in-*qirbô* and-*ʿăṣātô* *ʾăḇallēaʿ* and-*dārĕšû* to-the-*ʾĕlîlîm* and-to-the-*ʾiṭṭîm* and-to-the-*ʾōḇôṯ* and-to-the-*yiddĕʿōnîm*", "grammar": { "*nāḇqāh*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be emptied/confused", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - spirit of", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun, masculine dual/plural - Egypt", "*qirbô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its midst", "*ʿăṣātô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his counsel/plan", "*ʾăḇallēaʿ*": "verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will confound/swallow up", "*dārĕšû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will seek/inquire", "*ʾĕlîlîm*": "noun, masculine plural - idols", "*ʾiṭṭîm*": "noun, masculine plural - charmers/necromancers", "*ʾōḇôṯ*": "noun, masculine plural - mediums/those with familiar spirits", "*yiddĕʿōnîm*": "noun, masculine plural - wizards/soothsayers" }, "variants": { "*nāḇqāh*": "will be emptied/confused/poured out/wasted away", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/wind/breath/mind/courage", "*ʿăṣātô*": "his counsel/plan/advice/wisdom", "*ʾăḇallēaʿ*": "I will confound/swallow up/frustrate/ruin", "*dārĕšû*": "they will seek/inquire/consult/resort to", "*ʾĕlîlîm*": "idols/worthless things/vain things", "*ʾiṭṭîm*": "charmers/necromancers/whisperers/murmurers", "*ʾōḇôṯ*": "mediums/those with familiar spirits/ghost-conjurers", "*yiddĕʿōnîm*": "wizards/soothsayers/fortune-tellers/those who claim supernatural knowledge" } }
• Isa 19:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Isaiah.19.14", "source": "יְהוָ֛ה מָסַ֥ךְ בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ ר֣וּחַ עִוְעִ֑ים וְהִתְע֤וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃", "text": "*YHWH* *māsaḵ* in-*qirbbāh* *rûaḥ* *ʿiwʿîm* and-*hiṯʿû* *et*-*Miṣrayim* in-all-*maʿăśēhû* like-*hittāʿôṯ* *šikkôr* in-*qîʾô*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh", "*māsaḵ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has mixed/poured", "*qirbbāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her midst", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - spirit of", "*ʿiwʿîm*": "noun, masculine plural - distortion/perversion", "*hiṯʿû*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have led astray", "*et*": "direct object marker", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun, masculine dual/plural - Egypt", "*maʿăśēhû*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its work", "*hittāʿôṯ*": "verb, hithpael infinitive construct - staggering of", "*šikkôr*": "adjective, masculine singular - drunken man", "*qîʾô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his vomit" }, "variants": { "*māsaḵ*": "has mixed/poured/infused/mingled", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/wind/breath", "*ʿiwʿîm*": "distortion/perversion/confusion/dizziness", "*hiṯʿû*": "they have led astray/caused to err/misled/deceived", "*maʿăśēhû*": "its work/deed/action/task", "*hittāʿôṯ*": "staggering of/reeling of/stumbling of", "*šikkôr*": "drunken man/drunkard/intoxicated person", "*qîʾô*": "his vomit/what he throws up" } }
• Isa 29:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Isaiah.29.9", "source": "הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתּֽ͏ַעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָֽׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר", "text": "*hitmahməhû* and-*təmāhû* *hištaʿašʿû* and-*šōʿû* *šāḵrû* and-not-*yayin* *nāʿû* and-not *šēḵār*", "grammar": { "*hitmahməhû*": "verb, hithpalpel imperative, masculine plural - delay/linger/be astounded", "*tĕmāhû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - be astounded/amazed", "*hištaʿašʿû*": "verb, hithpalpel imperative, masculine plural - blind yourselves/be blinded", "*šōʿû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - be blinded/smeared over", "*šāḵrû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are drunk", "*wĕ-lōʾ-yayin*": "conjunction waw + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - but not with wine", "*nāʿû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they stagger", "*wĕ-lōʾ*": "conjunction waw + negative particle - but not", "*šēḵār*": "noun, masculine singular - strong drink" }, "variants": { "*hitmahməhû*": "delay/linger/be astounded/astonish yourselves", "*təmāhû*": "be astounded/amazed/stunned", "*hištaʿašʿû*": "blind yourselves/be blinded/delight yourselves", "*šōʿû*": "be blinded/smeared over/shut your eyes", "*šāḵrû*": "they are drunk/intoxicated", "*nāʿû*": "they stagger/reel/totter", "*šēḵār*": "strong drink/intoxicating drink" } }
• Acts 27:15-20 : 15 { "verseID": "Acts.27.15", "source": "Συναρπασθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου, καὶ μὴ δυναμένου ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ, ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα.", "text": "And the ship having been *synarpasthentos*, and not *dynamenos antophthalmein* the *anemō*, *epidontes* we *epherometha*.", "grammar": { "*synarpasthentos*": "aorist participle, passive, genitive singular - having been caught/seized", "*dynamenos*": "present participle, middle, nominative singular - being able", "*antophthalmein*": "present infinitive, active - to face/look into the eye", "*anemō*": "dative, masculine, singular - wind", "*epidontes*": "aorist participle, active, nominative plural - having given up", "*epherometha*": "imperfect passive, 1st plural - we were being carried/driven" }, "variants": { "*synarpasthentos*": "having been caught/seized/carried away", "*dynamenos antophthalmein*": "being able to face/bear up against", "*epidontes*": "having given up/yielded", "*epherometha*": "we were being carried/driven along" } } 16 { "verseID": "Acts.27.16", "source": "Νησίον δέ τι ὑποδραμόντες καλούμενον Κλαύδην, μόλις ἰσχύσαμεν περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης:", "text": "And *hypodramontes* a certain small island *kaloumenon* *Klaudēn*, we *molis ischysamen* *perikrateis genesthai* of the *skaphēs*:", "grammar": { "*hypodramontes*": "aorist participle, active, nominative plural - having run under", "*kaloumenon*": "present participle, passive, accusative singular - being called", "*molis*": "adverb - with difficulty/hardly", "*ischysamen*": "aorist active, 1st plural - we were able/strong enough", "*perikrateis*": "nominative, masculine, plural - masters/in control", "*genesthai*": "aorist infinitive, middle - to become", "*skaphēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - boat/skiff" }, "variants": { "*hypodramontes*": "having run under the lee of", "*Klaudēn*": "Clauda (island)", "*molis ischysamen*": "we were hardly/scarcely able", "*perikrateis genesthai*": "to become masters/secure/control", "*skaphēs*": "small boat/ship's boat/dinghy" } } 17 { "verseID": "Acts.27.17", "source": "Ἣν ἄραντες, βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο, ὑποζωννύντες τὸ πλοῖον· φοβούμενοί τε μὴ εἰς τὴν σύρτην ἐκπέσωσιν, χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος, οὕτως ἐφέροντο.", "text": "Which having *arantes*, they *echrōnto* *boētheiais*, *hypozōnnyntes* the ship; and *phoboumenoi* lest they *ekpesōsin* into the *syrtēn*, having *chalasantes* the *skeuos*, thus they *epheronto*.", "grammar": { "*arantes*": "aorist participle, active, nominative plural - having lifted/taken up", "*echrōnto*": "imperfect middle, 3rd plural - they were using", "*boētheiais*": "dative, feminine, plural - helps/supports", "*hypozōnnyntes*": "present participle, active, nominative plural - undergirding", "*phoboumenoi*": "present participle, middle, nominative plural - fearing", "*ekpesōsin*": "aorist subjunctive, active, 3rd plural - they might fall/run aground", "*syrtēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - sandbank/Syrtis", "*chalasantes*": "aorist participle, active, nominative plural - having lowered", "*skeuos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - gear/equipment/vessel", "*epheronto*": "imperfect passive, 3rd plural - they were being carried" }, "variants": { "*arantes*": "having taken up/hoisted", "*echrōnto boētheiais*": "they used helps/supporting measures", "*hypozōnnyntes*": "undergirding/frapping", "*phoboumenoi*": "fearing/being afraid", "*ekpesōsin*": "they might run aground/fall", "*syrtēn*": "Syrtis (dangerous sandbanks off North Africa)", "*chalasantes to skeuos*": "having lowered the gear/sail/tackle", "*epheronto*": "they were driven/carried along" } } 18 { "verseID": "Acts.27.18", "source": "Σφοδρῶς δὲ χειμαζομένων ἡμῶν, τῇ ἑξῆς ἐκβολὴν ἐποιοῦντο·", "text": "And we being *sphodrōs cheimazomenōn*, on the next [day] they *epoiounto ekbolēn*.", "grammar": { "*sphodrōs*": "adverb - violently/severely", "*cheimazomenōn*": "present participle, passive, genitive plural - being storm-tossed", "*epoiounto*": "imperfect middle, 3rd plural - they were making/doing", "*ekbolēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - jettison/throwing out" }, "variants": { "*sphodrōs cheimazomenōn*": "being violently storm-tossed", "*epoiounto ekbolēn*": "they began to jettison/throw overboard" } } 19 { "verseID": "Acts.27.19", "source": "Καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ αὐτόχειρες τὴν σκευὴν τοῦ πλοίου ἐρρίψαμεν.", "text": "And on the third [day] *autocheires* we *erripsamen* the *skeuēn* of the ship.", "grammar": { "*autocheires*": "nominative, masculine, plural - with their own hands", "*erripsamen*": "aorist active, 1st plural - we threw/cast away", "*skeuēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - equipment/gear/tackle" }, "variants": { "*autocheires*": "with own hands/ourselves", "*erripsamen*": "we threw off/cast away", "*skeuēn*": "tackle/gear/equipment" } } 20 { "verseID": "Acts.27.20", "source": "Μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας, χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου, λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο πᾶσα ἐλπὶς τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς.", "text": "And neither *hēliou* nor *astrōn epiphainontōn* for many *hēmeras*, and no small *cheimōnos epikeimenoi*, all *elpis tou sōzesthai* us was *periēreito loipon*.", "grammar": { "*hēliou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - sun", "*astrōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - stars", "*epiphainontōn*": "present participle, active, genitive plural - shining upon", "*hēmeras*": "accusative, feminine, plural - days", "*cheimōnos*": "genitive, masculine, singular - storm/tempest", "*epikeimenoi*": "present participle, middle, genitive singular - pressing upon", "*elpis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - hope", "*sōzesthai*": "present infinitive, passive - to be saved", "*periēreito*": "imperfect passive, 3rd singular - was being taken away", "*loipon*": "adverb - finally/henceforth" }, "variants": { "*hēliou mēte astrōn epiphainontōn*": "neither sun nor stars appearing/shining", "*cheimōnos ouk oligou epikeimenoi*": "no small storm pressing/lying upon [us]", "*periēreito loipon*": "was finally taken away/removed", "*elpis tou sōzesthai*": "hope of being saved" } }
• Isa 24:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Isaiah.24.20", "source": "נ֣וֹעַ תָּנ֤וּעַ אֶ֙רֶץ֙ כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹר וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה כַּמְּלוּנָ֑ה וְכָבַ֤ד עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ פִּשְׁעָ֔הּ וְנָפְלָ֖ה וְלֹא־תֹסִ֥יף קֽוּם׃", "text": "*nôaʿ* *tānûaʿ* *ʾereṣ* like-the-*šikkôr* and-*hitnôdədāh* like-the-*məlûnāh* and-*kābad* upon-her *pišʿāh* and-*nāpəlāh* and-not-*tōsîp* *qûm*", "grammar": { "*nôaʿ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - reeling", "*tānûaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she reels", "*ʾereṣ*": "common noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*šikkôr*": "adjective, masculine singular with preposition כ and definite article - like the drunkard", "*hitnôdədāh*": "Hithpoel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with conjunction ו - and she sways", "*məlûnāh*": "common noun, feminine singular with preposition כ and definite article - like the hut/lodge", "*kābad*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with conjunction ו - and is heavy", "עָלֶ֙יהָ֙": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - upon her", "*pišʿāh*": "common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her transgression", "*nāpəlāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with conjunction ו - and she falls", "*tōsîp*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with negation לֹא - she will not add/continue", "*qûm*": "Qal infinitive construct - to rise" }, "variants": { "*nôaʿ tānûaʿ*": "reels to and fro/staggers exceedingly/sways violently", "*šikkôr*": "drunkard/drunk person", "*hitnôdədāh*": "sways/totters/staggers", "*məlûnāh*": "hut/lodge/watchman's booth", "*kābad*": "is heavy/weighs heavily/is burdensome", "*pišʿāh*": "her transgression/her rebellion/her sin", "*nāpəlāh*": "she falls/she collapses", "*tōsîp qûm*": "will not rise again/will not get up anymore" } }
• Job 37:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Job.37.20", "source": "הֽ͏ַיְסֻפַּר־ל֖וֹ כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אִֽם־אָ֥מַר אִ֝֗ישׁ כִּ֣י יְבֻלָּֽע׃", "text": "*ha-yəsuppar-lô kî ʾădabbēr ʾim-ʾāmar ʾîš kî yəbullāʿ*", "grammar": { "*ha*": "interrogative particle - ?", "*yəsuppar*": "pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is told/recounted", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/when/if", "*ʾădabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I speak", "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he says/said", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/because/for", "*yəbullāʿ*": "pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be swallowed up" }, "variants": { "*yəsuppar*": "is told/is recounted/is reported", "*kî*": "that/when/if/because", "*ʾădabbēr*": "I speak/I talk/I declare", "*yəbullāʿ*": "be swallowed up/be destroyed/be overwhelmed" } }