Genesis 7:22
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New International Version (©2011)
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils--everything on dry land died.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Everything that breathed and everything that had lived on dry land died.

NET Bible (©2006)
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Everything on dry land (every living, breathing creature) died.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

American King James Version
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

American Standard Version
all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth, died.

Darby Bible Translation
everything which had in its nostrils the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

English Revised Version
all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Webster's Bible Translation
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

World English Bible
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

Young's Literal Translation
all in whose nostrils is breath of a living spirit -- of all that is in the dry land -- have died.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:21-24 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 possible to save themselves, but all in vain. And those that are not found in Christ, the Ark, are certainly undone, undone for ever. Let us pause, and consider this tremendous judgment! Who can stand before the Lord when he is angry? The sin of sinners will be their ruin, first or last, if not repented of. The righteous God knows how to bring ruin upon the world of the ungodly, 2Pe 2:5. How tremendous will be the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men! Happy they who are part of Christ's family, and safe with him as such; they may look forward without dismay, and rejoice that they shall triumph, when fire shall burn up the earth, and all that therein is. We are apt to suppose some favourable distinctions in our own case or character; but if we neglect, refuse, or abuse the salvation of Christ, we shall, notwithstanding such fancied advantages, be destroyed in the common ruin of an unbelieving world.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life,.... Whether of fowls, beast, cattle, or creeping things:

of all that was in the dry land, died; by which description fishes were excepted, since they breathe not, having no lungs, and are not on the dry land, where they cannot live, but in the waters. Some pretend it to be the opinion of some Jewish writers, that the fishes did die, the waters being made hot, and scalded them; but this fable I have not met with.

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The Duration of the Flood
…21And all flesh died that moved on the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man: 22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23And every living substance was destroyed which was on 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.

Genesis 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.