Genesis 7:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
  • Gen 6:17 : 17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.
  • Gen 7:4 : 4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.
  • Gen 6:6-7 : 6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
  • Job 22:15-17 : 15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went? 16 Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters: 17 Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
  • Isa 24:6 : 6 For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
  • Isa 24:19 : 19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.
  • Jer 4:22-27 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good. 23 Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light. 24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about. 25 Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight. 26 Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath. 27 For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.
  • Jer 12:3-4 : 3 But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death. 4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.
  • Joel 1:17-20 : 17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead. 18 What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen. 19 O Lord, my cry goes up to you: for fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste, and all the trees of the field are burned with its flame. 20 The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.
  • Joel 2:3 : 3 Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.
  • Zeph 1:3 : 3 I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
  • Matt 24:39 : 39 And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
  • Luke 17:27 : 27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.
  • Rom 8:20 : 20 For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

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  • Gen 7:22-24
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    22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

    23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

    24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 6:17
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    17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

  • Gen 7:14-20
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    14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

    15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

    16 Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

    17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

    18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

    19 And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

    20 The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

  • Gen 7:8
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    8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

  • Gen 9:10
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    10 And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.

  • Gen 6:7
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    7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

  • Gen 6:12-13
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    12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

    13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

  • Gen 8:19
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    19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

  • Job 34:15
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    15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • Gen 8:17
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    17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

  • Ps 148:10
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    10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

  • Gen 7:2-4
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    2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

    3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

    4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

  • Gen 1:30
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    30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

  • Gen 6:19-21
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    19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

    20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

    21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

  • Gen 9:2-3
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    2 And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

    3 Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

  • Gen 7:10
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    10 And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

  • Hos 4:3
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    3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

  • Gen 1:21
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    21 And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

  • 2 Pet 3:6
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    6 And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

  • Gen 7:12
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    12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

  • Gen 8:1
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    1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

  • Gen 1:24-25
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    24 And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

    25 And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

  • Exod 7:21
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    21 And the fish in the Nile came to destruction, and a bad smell went up from the river, and the Egyptians were not able to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking; and there was blood through all the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 11:46
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    46 This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

  • Gen 6:5
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    5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

  • Acts 10:12
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    12 In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

  • 1 Cor 15:39
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    39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.