Genesis 7 · Verse 21

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:
Genesis 7:21, King James Version

Genesis 7:21 in other translations

BSBAnd every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
WEBAll flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
ASVAnd 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:
YLTand expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;
DARBYAnd 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:
BBEAnd destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.
WebsterAnd all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

What does Genesis 7:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. all flesh died ... fowl ... cattle, and ... creeping thing--It has been a uniform principle in the divine procedure, when judgments were abroad on the earth, to include every thing connected with the sinful objects of His wrath (Ge 19:25; Ex 9:6). Besides, now that the human race was reduced to one single family, it was necessary that the beasts should be proportionally diminished, otherwise by their numbers they would have acquired the ascendancy and overmastered the few that were to repeople the world. Thus goodness was mingled with severity; the Lord exercises judgment in wisdom and in wrath remembers mercy.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:21-24
All 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 us, that till the very day that the flood came, they were eating and drinking, Lu 17:26, 27; they were deaf and blind to all Divine warnings. In this posture death surprised them. They were convinced of their folly when it was too late. We may suppose they tried all ways and means possible to save themselves, but all in vain. And those that are not found in Christ, the Ark, are certainly undone, undone for ever. Let us pause, and consider this tremendous judgment! Who can stand before the Lord when he is angry? The sin of sinners will be their ruin, first or last, if not repented of. The righteous God knows how to bring ruin upon the world of the ungodly, 2Pe 2:5. How tremendous will be the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men! Happy they who are part of Christ's family, and safe with him as such; they may look forward without dismay, and rejoice that they shall triumph, when fire shall burn up the earth, and all that therein is. We are apt to suppose some favourable distinctions in our own case or character; but if we neglect, refuse, or abuse the salvation of Christ, we shall, notwithstanding such fancied advantages, be destroyed in the common ruin of an unbelieving world.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 7:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּגְוַ֞עvai.yig.Va'and it diedH1478
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בָּשָׂ֣ר\׀ba.SarfleshH1320
הָרֹמֵ֣שׂha.ro.Meswhich creptH7430
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
בָּע֤וֹףba.'ofamong the bird[s]H5775
וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙u.va.be.he.Mahand among the livestockH929
וּבַ֣חַיָּ֔הu.Va.chai.Yahand among the animal[s]H2416
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and among everyH3605
הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץha.She.retz<the> swarming thingH8318
הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץha.sho.Retzwhich swarmsH8317
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
וְכֹ֖לve.Kholand everyH3605
הָאָדָֽם\׃ha.'a.Dam<the> humanH120

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 7:21

  • Genesis 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.

  • Genesis 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.

  • Genesis 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.

  • Romans 8:20

    For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

  • Genesis 6:6-7

    And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  • Isaiah 24:19

    The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

  • Matthew 24:39

    And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  • Isaiah 24:6

    Therefore 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.

  • 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;

  • Jeremiah 4:22-27

    For 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. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. …

  • Jeremiah 12:3-4

    But 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. How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  • Luke 17:27

    They 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4; 6:6,7,13,17; Job 22:15-17; Isa 24:6,19; Jer 4:22-27; 12:3,4
Ho 4:3; Joe 1:17-20; 2:3; Zep 1:3; Mt 24:39; Lu 17:27; Ro 8:20,22
2Pe 2:5

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Context

  • Genesis 7:20

    Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

  • 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:

  • Genesis 7:22

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

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Genesis 7:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y murió toda carne que se mueve sobre la tierra, así de aves como de ganados, y de bestias, y de todo reptil que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra, y todo hombre:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toute chair qui se mouvait sur la terre expira, tant les oiseaux que le bétail et les bêtes des champs et tout ce qui fourmille sur la terre, et tout homme.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da verschied alles Fleisch, das sich auf der Erde regte, an Gevögel und an Vieh und an Getier und an allem Gewimmel, das auf der Erde wimmelte, und alle Menschen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Consumptaque est omnis caro quæ movebatur super terram, volucrum, animantium, bestiarum, omniumque reptilium, quæ reptant super terram: universi homines,