Genesis 7:21 “And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, lives…”

Genesis 7:21

And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

American Standard Version

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Geneva Bible 1599

Then all flesh perished that moued vpon the earth, both foule and cattell and beast, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, and euery man.

Darby Translation

And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawling things which crawl on the earth, and all mankind:

Young's Literal Translation

and 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;

Bible in Basic English

And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

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Cross references

“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:”

Genesis 6:13 Genesis 7:4 Genesis 6:17 Romans 8:20 Job 22:15–17 Isaiah 24:6

Genesis 6:13 · BSB

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

Genesis 7:4 · BSB

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 6:17 · BSB

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

Romans 8:20 · BSB

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

Job 22:15–17 · BSB

Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

Isaiah 24:6 · BSB

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

22Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Read Genesis 7