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Genesis 7:21

Judgment

19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

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

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

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

23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

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BSB
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
KJV
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:
WEB
All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
ASV
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:
DARBY
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:
BLB
And all flesh that moved on the earth perished—the bird, and the livestock, and the beast, and every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, and all mankind.
ÅB
Da omkom alt kjød som rørte seg på jorden, både fuglene og feet og de ville dyr og alt det som yrte og vrimlet på jorden, og alle menneskene.
OTB
Alt levende som beveget seg på jorden omkom—fugler, husdyr, ville dyr, alle skapninger som kryper over jorden, og hele menneskeheten.
B1930
Da omkom alt kjød som rørte sig på jorden, både fuglene og feet og de ville dyr og alt det som yrte og vrimlet på jorden, og alle menneskene.

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  • Genesis 6:13

    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.

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  • Genesis 6:17

    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.

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  • Genesis 7:4

    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.”

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  • Romans 8:20

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

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  • Genesis 6:6–7

    And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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  • Isaiah 24:19

    The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

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  • Matthew 24:39

    And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

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  • Isaiah 24:6

    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.

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