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.
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Exodus 15:23
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.
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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.)
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.
Surrounding context — Exodus 15
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel 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 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.
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.
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וַיָּבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeמָרָ֔תָהH4785 · ma.rahMarahוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָֽכְל֗וּH3201 · ya.kholbe ableלִשְׁתֹּ֥תH8354 · sha.tahto drinkמַ֙יִם֙H4325 · ma.yimwaterמִמָּרָ֔הH4785 · ma.rahMarahכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforמָרִ֖יםH4751 · marbitterהֵ֑םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֥ןH3651 · kenrightקָרָֽא־H7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמָ֖הּH8034 · shemnameמָרָֽה׃H4785 · ma.rahMarah
Cross-references
Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.Numbers 33:8And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
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