Genesis 7:23
And every living thing was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
22all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Exodus 14:28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
Job 22:15Wilt thou keep the old way 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 profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Ezekiel 14:14though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
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 →