Genesis 7:23
Thus was wiped out all that existed on the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, thus were they wiped out from the earth,—so that there was left—only Noah and they that were with him in the ark.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground died.
24Thus prevailed the waters on the earth,—a hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved on the earth, of birds and of tame-beasts and of wild-beasts, and of all the swarming things that swarm on the earth,—and all mankind.
Exodus 14:28thus the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the forces of Pharaoh that were entering after them into the sea,—there was not left remaining among them so much as one.
Job 22:15The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?
Psalms 91:7There shall fall, at thy side, a thousand, Yea, myriads, at thy right hand, Unto thee, shall it not come nigh;
Proverbs 11:4Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.
Ezekiel 14:14Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives— Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
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 →