Genesis 7:21
And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
20Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.
22And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.
Cross References
Genesis 6:13And the Lord God said to Noe, + 6:13 Gr. The time of every man. A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.
Genesis 7:4For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.
Isaiah 24:6Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, because the inhabitants thereof have sinned: therefore the dwellers in the earth shall be poor, and few men shall be left.
Jeremiah 4:22For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.
Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
Joel 2:3Before + 2:3 Gr. it, sc. the people. them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none + 2:3 Lit. to him, sc. the people. of them escape.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:18-21
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. We are here told, I. How long the flood was increasing— forty… Read the whole commentary →