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Genesis 7:22

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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Genesis 7:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 2:7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Genesis 6:17 I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

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Explain this verse (5 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 7:22 All in whose nostrils [was] the breath…

Gen 7:22 All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died.

Ver. 22. All in whose nostrils was the breath of life died, of all that was in the dry land.] This last clause exempts fishes: though the Jews would needs persuade us that these also died; for that the waters of the flood were boiling hot. But rain-water uses not to be hot, we know; and therefore we reject this conceit as a Jewish fable.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whether men or beasts, &c., all that breathed the…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. Of all that was in the dry…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:22 Everything that . . . lived: See study…

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