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Genesis 7:23

So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.

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In The King James Version

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 ark.

In Context

22All living creatures who lived on the land, who breathed the breath of life through their noses, died.

24The waters stayed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:21All living beings that moved upon the earth died—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the living creatures that lived in great numbers upon the earth, and all mankind.

Exodus 14:28The waters came back and covered Pharaoh's chariots, horsemen, and his entire army that had followed the chariots into the sea. No one survived.

Job 22:15Will you keep the old way 1 that wicked men have walked— 1

Psalms 91:7A thousand may fall at your side 1 and ten thousand at your right hand, 1 but it will not reach you. 1

Proverbs 11:4Wealth is worthless on the day of wrath, 1 but doing right keeps you from death. 1

Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in the land's midst, they could only rescue their own lives by their righteousness—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

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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