^7:23So the Lord³⁵ destroyed³⁶ every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky.³⁷ They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.³⁸^7:24The waters prevailed over³⁹ the earth for 150 days.

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Footnotes

35 Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
36 Heb “wiped away” (cf. “blotted out”).
37 Heb “from man to animal to creeping thing and to the bird of the sky.”
38 The Hebrew verb שָׁאָר (sha’ar) means “to be left over; to survive” in the Niphal verb stem. It is the word used in later biblical texts for the remnant that escapes judgment. See G. F. Hasel, “Semantic Values of Derivatives of the Hebrew Root š’r,” 11 (1973): 152–69.
39 The Hebrew verb translated “prevailed over” suggests that the waters were stronger than the earth. The earth and everything in it were no match for the return of the chaotic deep.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.

The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He wiped out every living thing that was on the face of the earth, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. And the water surged on the earth 150 days.

NLTNew Living Translation

God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat. And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he blotted out every living thing upon the surface of the ground, from humankind, to animals, to creeping things, and to the birds of heaven; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained. And the waters prevailed over the earth one hundred and fifty days.

KJV 1900King James Version

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

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