Psalms 107:27

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.

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  • Job 12:25 : 25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.
  • Isa 19:14 : 14 The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.
  • Isa 29:9 : 9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.
  • Acts 27:15-20 : 15 And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it. 16 And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe: 17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind. 18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship; 19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side. 20 And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
  • Isa 24:20 : 20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
  • Job 37:20 : 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 107:26
    84%

    26The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

  • Ps 107:28-30
    3 verses
    82%

    28Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

    29He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

    30Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

  • Job 12:25
    80%

    25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • Ps 107:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

    5Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

    6Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

  • Isa 28:7
    76%

    7And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

  • Isa 29:9
    76%

    9Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

  • Ps 107:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

    18They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

    19Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 107:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

    11Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

    12So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

    13Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Prov 31:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

    6Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

  • Ezek 7:17
    72%

    17All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

  • Ps 107:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

    24They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

  • Nah 1:10
    72%

    10For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • Jonah 1:13
    72%

    13And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

  • Ps 73:10
    71%

    10For this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them.

  • Deut 32:28
    71%

    28For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

  • Ps 107:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

    40He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

  • Jer 25:16
    71%

    16And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

  • Isa 24:20
    71%

    20The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

  • Prov 23:34
    71%

    34Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

  • Acts 27:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

    18And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

  • Ezek 4:17
    70%

    17So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

  • Job 30:14
    70%

    14As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

  • Ps 82:5
    70%

    5They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

  • Isa 40:30
    70%

    30Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

  • Acts 27:41
    70%

    41And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

  • Isa 5:22
    70%

    22Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

  • Isa 33:23
    70%

    23Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.

  • Isa 19:14
    70%

    14The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.

  • Ps 73:19
    70%

    19How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • Isa 51:21
    70%

    21So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:

  • Isa 59:10
    70%

    10We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.

  • Prov 20:1
    70%

    1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • Job 24:11
    69%

    11Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

  • Prov 4:19
    69%

    19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • Job 5:14
    69%

    14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

  • Joel 1:5
    69%

    5Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

  • Ezek 27:26
    69%

    26Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.