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Genesis 7:22

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

KJV

et cuncta, in quibus spiraculum vitæ est in terra, mortua sunt.

Vulgate

καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἔχει πνοὴν ζωῆς καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἦν ἐπὶ τῆς ξηρᾶς ἀπέθανεν.

LXX

all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

ASV

כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים בְּ/אַפָּ֗י/ו מִ/כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֶּ/חָֽרָבָ֖ה מֵֽתוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
חָרָבָֽה
chrbh
noun · 8×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נְשָׁמָֽה
nshmh
noun · 24×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • 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.
  • Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
  • Rom 5:14 — Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.