Genesis 7:24

and the waters are mighty on the earth [for] one hundred and fifty days.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

In Context

23And all the substance that is on the face of the ground is wiped away—from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens; indeed, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] with him in the Ark;

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Cross References

Genesis 8:3And the waters return from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of one hundred and fifty days.

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 →

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