Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible 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 Marah22And 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. Jump to Previous Able Bitter Couldn't Drink Drinking Good Marah Water WatersJump to Next Able Bitter Couldn't Drink Drinking Good Marah Water WatersLinks Exodus 15:23 NIVExodus 15:23 NLT Exodus 15:23 ESV Exodus 15:23 NASB Exodus 15:23 Bible Apps Exodus 15:23 Biblia Paralela Exodus 15:23 Chinese Bible Exodus 15:23 French Bible Exodus 15:23 German Bible Alphabetical: That because bitter called came could drink for is it its Marah named not of place the therefore they to was water waters were When why OT Law: Exodus 15:23 When they came to Marah they couldn't (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |