Genesis 7:23
And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth, from man to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22And all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth, died.
24And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth: and all men.
Exodus 14:28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the army of Pharao, who had come into the sea after them, neither did there so much as one of them remain.
Job 22:15Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, 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 11:4Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
Ezekiel 14:14And if these three men, Noe, Daniel, and Job, shall be in it: they shall deliver their own souls by their justice, saith the Lord of hosts.
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 →