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Genesis 7:21
21All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people.
Genesis 7:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
Context of Genesis 7:21
19Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth, 20rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks. All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people. 22Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died. 23God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
Read all of Genesis 7Genesis 7:21 word by word
וַיִּגְוַ֞ע כָּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר׀ הָרֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ בָּע֤וֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבַ֣חַיָּ֔ה וּבְכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְכֹ֖ל הָאָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And all fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
- diedגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478
- that movedרָמַשׂrâmaώ · to creepH7430
- upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- both of fowlעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
- and of cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
- and of beastחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
- and of every creeping thingשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
- that creepethשָׁרַץshârats · to swarmH8317
- and every manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
Cross-references for Genesis 7:21
- Genesis 7:4Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”
- Genesis 6:6So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.
- Job 22:15“Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive.
- Jeremiah 4:22“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”
- Jeremiah 12:3But as for me, Lord, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts. Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered!
- Hosea 4:3That is why your land is in mourning, and everyone is wasting away. Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
- Joel 1:17The seeds die in the parched ground, and the grain crops fail. The barns stand empty, and granaries are abandoned.
- Joel 2:3Fire burns in front of them, and flames follow after them. Ahead of them the land lies as beautiful as the Garden of Eden. Behind them is nothing but desolation; not one thing escapes.
- Zephaniah 1:3“I will sweep away people and animals alike. I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea. I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble, and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.
- Matthew 24:39People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.
- Luke 17:27In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Romans 8:20Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,
- 2 Peter 2:5And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
Commentaries on Genesis 7:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they were flowing, and toward what was formerly the higher ground. Genesis 7:19 Upon the land. - The land is to be understood of the portion of the earth‘s surface known to man. This, with an unknown margin beyond it, was covered with the waters. But this…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-24Verses 21-24 All the men, women, and children, that were in the world, excepting those in the ark, died. We may easily imagine what terror seized them. Our Saviour tells us, that till the very day that the flood came, they were eating and drinking, Lu 17:26, 27; they were deaf and blind to all Divine warnings. In this posture death surprised them. They were convinced of their folly when it was too late. We may suppose they tried all ways and means…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. all flesh died ... fowl ... cattle, and ... creeping thing--It has been a uniform principle in the divine procedure, when judgments were abroad on the earth, to include every thing connected with the sinful objects of His wrath (Ge 19:25; Ex 9:6). Besides, now that the human race was reduced to one single family, it was necessary that the beasts should be proportionally diminished, otherwise by their numbers they would have acquired the ascendancy and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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