Exodus 15:23
Good News Translation
Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.

New Revised Standard Version
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah.

Contemporary English Version
They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.

New American Bible
they arrived at Marah, where they could not drink its water, because it was too bitter. Hence this place was called Marah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And 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.

Marah

Numbers 33:8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and having marched three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in Mara.

marah.

Ruth 1:20 But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.

Context
The Waters of Marah
22And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went forth into the wilderness of Sur: and they marched three days through the wilderness, and found no water. 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.24And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?…
Cross References
Numbers 33:8
And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and having marched three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in Mara.

Ruth 1:20
But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.

Exodus 15:22
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