Genesis 7:23
And every living being was destroyed that was on the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowl of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth. And Noah alone remained, and what was with him in the ark.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22everything which had in its nostrils the breath of life, of all that was on the dry [land], died.
24And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawling things which crawl on the earth, and all mankind:
Exodus 14:28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the host of Pharaoh that had come into the sea after them; there remained not even one of them.
Job 22:15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 91:7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Ezekiel 14:14though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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 →