Genesis 7:23
And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] with him in the ark;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22all in whose nostrils [is] breath of a living spirit — of all that [is] in the dry land — have died.
24and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Cross References
Genesis 7:21and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;
Exodus 14:28and the waters turn back, and cover the chariots and the horsemen, even all the force of Pharaoh, who are coming in after them into the sea — there hath not been left of them even one.
Job 22:15The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
Psalms 91:7There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
Ezekiel 14:14and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job — they by their righteousness deliver their own soul — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
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 →