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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- WEB All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
- BSB And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- 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.
- NASB So all creatures that moved on the earth perished: birds, livestock, animals, and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;
- NLT All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people.
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All flesh that moved on the earth died, including birds, animals, and every person. The judgment falls universally on the living.
Overview
The comprehensive list of the dead conveys the staggering scope of the flood's judgment on a world given over to violence. The repetition of categories from creation shows judgment undoing the teeming life God had made. This sobering picture warns of the reality of God's judgment and heightens the grace by which Noah's household alone survives.
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Cross-references · 18
- Gen 6:13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Gen 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Gen 7:4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
- Gen 6:6–7And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
- Rom 8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
- 2 Pet 2:5And 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;
- Isa 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Job 22:15–17Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
- Rom 8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
- Jer 4:22–27For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Joel 1:17–20The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
- Joel 2:3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
- Matt 24:39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Isa 24:19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
- Hos 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Zeph 1:3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
- Jer 12:3–4But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
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