Exodus 15:23
World English Bible (WEB)
When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
In context
21 Miriam answered them, “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”
22 Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23 When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
24 The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
25 Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.
Exodus 15:23 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.