Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. New Living Translation God 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. English Standard Version He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. Berean Standard Bible And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained. King James Bible 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 ark. New King James Version So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. New American Standard Bible So He wiped out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from mankind to animals, to crawling things, and the birds of the sky, and they were wiped out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. NASB 1995 Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. NASB 1977 Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. Legacy Standard Bible Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah remained, and those that were with him in the ark. Amplified Bible God destroyed (blotted out, wiped away) every living thing that was on the surface of the earth; man and animals and the crawling things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed from the land. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. Christian Standard Bible He wiped out every living thing that was on the face of the earth, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. Holman Christian Standard Bible He wiped out every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. American Standard Version And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he blotted out all that live on the face of the Earth, from children of men and unto the domestic animal, and unto the creeper, and unto the bird of Heaven; they were wiped out from the Earth, and Noah remained and those with him in the ark. Brenton Septuagint Translation And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark. Douay-Rheims Bible And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth, from man to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained, and they that were with him in the ark. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Every living creature on the face of the earth was wiped out. Humans, domestic animals, crawling creatures, and birds were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ship were left. Good News Translation The LORD destroyed all living beings on the earth--human beings, animals, and birds. The only ones left were Noah and those who were with him in the boat. International Standard Version All existing creatures that had lived on the surface of the ground were annihilated, from humans to livestock, from crawling creatures to birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah remained, along with those who were with him in the ark. JPS Tanakh 1917 And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. Literal Standard Version And all the substance that is on the face of the ground is wiped away—from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens; indeed, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] with him in the Ark; Majority Standard Bible And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained. New American Bible The LORD wiped out every being on earth: human beings and animals, the crawling things and the birds of the air; all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left. NET Bible So the LORD destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. New Revised Standard Version He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human beings and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. New Heart English Bible Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, crawling creatures, and flying creatures of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the vessel. Webster's Bible Translation And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping animals, and the fowl of heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth; and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. World English Bible Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship. Young's Literal Translation 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; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Duration of the Flood…22Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed — man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained. 24And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.… Cross References Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Matthew 24:39 And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Luke 17:26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: Luke 17:27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. 2 Peter 2:5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; Treasury of Scripture And 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. every living substance. Genesis 7:21,22 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: … Job 22:15-17 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? … Isaiah 24:1-8 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof… and Noah. Exodus 14:28-30 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them… Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Psalm 91:1,9,10 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty… Jump to Previous Alive Birds Cattle Creeping Destroyed Earth Face Fowl Ground Heaven Including Livestock Noah Ship Sky Substance SurfaceJump to Next Alive Birds Cattle Creeping Destroyed Earth Face Fowl Ground Heaven Including Livestock Noah Ship Sky Substance SurfaceGenesis 7 1. Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark.6. The flood begins. 17. The increase of the flood for forty days. 21. All flesh is destroyed by it. 24. Its duration of 150 days. (23) Every living substance.--Every thing that stood erect (See Note on Genesis 7:4.) Upon the face of the ground.--The adamah, the portion subdued to his use by the adam, man. Verse 23. - And every living substance was destroyed - literally, wiped out (cf. Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:4) - which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and - literally, from, man urge - cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the hearten; and they were destroyed - wiped, out by washing (cf. Genesis 6:7) - from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. The straits to which the advocates of the documentary hypothesis are sometimes reduced are remarkably exemplified by the fortunes of these verses (21-23) in the attempt to assign them to their respective authors. Astruc conjectures that ver. 21 was taken from what he calls monumentum B, ver. 22 from "monument" A, and ver. 23 from monument C. Eichhorn ascribes vers. 21, 22 to an Elohistic author, and ver. 23 to a Jehovistic. Ilgen assigns vers. 21, 22 to the first, and ver. 23 to the second Elohist. Bleek, all three to the Elohist; and Davidson ver. 21 to the Elohist, vers. 22, 23 to the Jehovist. Amid such uncertainty it will be reasonable to cling to the belief that Moses wrote all the three verses, at least till the higher criticism knows its own mind.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And everyכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every living thing הַיְק֣וּם ׀ (hay·qūm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3351: Standing, a living thing on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the face פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the earth הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land was destroyed— וַיִּ֜מַח (way·yi·maḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to man מֵאָדָ֤ם (mê·’ā·ḏām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being and עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while livestock, בְּהֵמָה֙ (bə·hê·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal crawling creatures רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ (re·meś) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7431: A reptile, any other rapidly moving animal and birds ע֣וֹף (‘ō·wp̄) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5775: Flying creatures of the air; הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky they were blotted out וַיִּמָּח֖וּ (way·yim·mā·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the earth, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and only אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely Noah נֹ֛חַ (nō·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5146: Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood remained, וַיִשָּׁ֧אֶר (wa·yiš·šā·’er) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant and those וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that with him אִתּ֖וֹ (’it·tōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among in the ark. בַּתֵּבָֽה׃ (bat·tê·ḇāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8392: A box, chest Links Genesis 7:23 NIVGenesis 7:23 NLT Genesis 7:23 ESV Genesis 7:23 NASB Genesis 7:23 KJV Genesis 7:23 BibleApps.com Genesis 7:23 Biblia Paralela Genesis 7:23 Chinese Bible Genesis 7:23 French Bible Genesis 7:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 7:23 Every living thing was destroyed that was (Gen. 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