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.


In Context

20 And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;

21 and Miriam answereth to them: — 'Sing ye to Jehovah, For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea!'

22 And Moses causeth Israel to journey from the Red Sea, and they go out unto the wilderness of Shur, and they go three days in the wilderness, and have not found water,

23 and 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.

24 And the people murmur against Moses, saying, 'What do we drink?'

25 and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:23When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is 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 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.