Genesis 7:23 KJV

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.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

  • All flesh is destroyed by the floodAll 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...

Thompson Chains

  • PreservationSee the chain from Deuteronomy 6:24 · 8 links

Parallel Passages

  • Genesis 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
  • Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
  • 1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • 1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
  • Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Luke 17:26–27 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. …
  • 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: …

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Topics

  • Antediluvians Destruction of Antediluvians
  • Flood History of Flood
  • God To Noah and his family, at the time of the flood
  • Miracles The great flood
  • Noah Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • NoahRest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen 5:25–29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And every living substance אֶת ʾet Object marker כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַיְקוּם hayqûm יְקוּם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • was destroyed וַיִּמַח wayyimaḥ מָחָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • which was upon the face אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative עַל ʿal Preposition פְּנֵי pĕnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
  • of the ground הָאֲדָמָה hāʾădāmâ אֲדָמָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • both man מֵאָדָם mēʾādām אָדָם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
  • and cattle עַד ʿad Preposition בְּהֵמָה bĕhēmâ בְּהֵמָה Noun · feminine singular
  • and the creeping things עַד ʿad Preposition רֶמֶשׂ remeś רֶמֶשׂ Noun · masculine singular
  • and the fowl עוֹף ʿôp עוֹף Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the heaven הַשָּׁמַיִם haššāmayim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • and they were destroyed וַיִּמָּחוּ wayyimmāḥû מָחָה Verb · niphal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • from the earth מִן min Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • and Noah נֹחַ nōaḥ נֹחַ Proper name
  • only אַךְ ʾak אַךְ Affirmation
  • remained וַיִשָּׁאֶר wayiššāʾer שָׁאַר Verb · niphal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • and they that וְעַד wĕʿad Preposition · with and וַאֲשֶׁר waʾăšer אֲשֶׁר Relative · with and
  • with him in the ark אִתּוֹ ʾittô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular בַּתֵּבָה battēbâ תֵּבָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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