Exodus 15:23
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
In context
21 And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
25 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
Exodus 15:23 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And 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.