²⁷ They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

²⁵ They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

³ And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.

¹⁴ Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard erreth in his vomit.

⁹ Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

²⁰ Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

²⁰ Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.

¹⁵ and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given `her' up, we were borne on,

¹⁶ and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

¹⁷ which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

¹⁸ And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing,

¹⁹ and on the third `day' with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

²⁰ and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.