23When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. )


In Context

20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.

21 Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the Lord , for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea."

22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.

23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. )

24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What are we to drink?"

25 Then Moses cried out to the Lord , and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them.

Exodus 15:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:23And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara, because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:23And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah; for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:23When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:23and they come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they are bitter; therefore hath one called its name Marah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.