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Genesis 7:21

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:

KJV

Consumptaque est omnis caro quæ movebatur super terram, volucrum, animantium, bestiarum, omniumque reptilium, quæ reptant super terram : universi homines,

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέθανεν πᾶσα σὰρξ κινουμένη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ τῶν θηρίων, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος·

LXX

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:

ASV

וַ/יִּגְוַ֞ע כָּל בָּשָׂ֣ר הָ/רֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל הָ/אָ֗רֶץ בָּ/ע֤וֹף וּ/בַ/בְּהֵמָה֙ וּ/בַ֣/חַיָּ֔ה וּ/בְ/כָל הַ/שֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַ/שֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/כֹ֖ל הָ/אָדָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יִּגְוַ֨ע
ygv'
verb · 22×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹמֵ֥שׂ
rmsh
verb · 17×
שֶׁ֣רֶץ
shrts
noun · 15×
שֹּׁרֵ֣ץ
shrts
verb · 13×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 6:6 — And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  • Gen 6:13 — And 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 6:17 — And, 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 6:17 — And, 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 7:4 — For 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 9:11 — And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
  • Rom 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,