Genesis 7:23
Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.
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In Context
22Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.
24And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.
Exodus 14:28And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.
Job 22:15Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?
Psalms 91:7You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
Ezekiel 14:14Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:22-24
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the… Read the whole commentary →