Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) New Living Translation When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”). English Standard Version When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. 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.) King James 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. New King James Version Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. New American Standard Bible When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter; for that reason it was named Marah. NASB 1995 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. NASB 1977 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. Legacy Standard Bible And they came to Marah, but they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. Amplified Bible Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter). Christian Standard Bible They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah. Holman Christian Standard Bible They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah. 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. Contemporary English Version They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink the water because it tasted bitter. That's why the place was called Marah [Bitter Place]. 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. International Standard Version When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter. (That is why it's called Marah.) Majority 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.) NET Bible Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.) New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they come to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [are] bitter; therefore [one] has called its name Marah. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And they will come to Marah, and they will not be able to drink the waters of Marah, for they are bitter: for this he called the name bitterness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And they arrived at Marah. They were unable to drink the waters of Marah because they were bitter. Therefore, he also established a name befitting the place, calling it ‘Marah,’ that is, bitterness. 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. 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd when they came to Morath, they could not drink the waters of Morath, for they were bitter; therefore the name of the place was called Morath. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they came to Murath and they did not find drinking waters from Murath because they were bitter; because of this, he called the name of that country Murath. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation and they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Waters of Marah22Then 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. 23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) 24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”… Cross References Numbers 33:8-9 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. / They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. 2 Kings 2:19-22 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.” / “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him, / and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’” ... Ruth 1:20-21 “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me. / I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.” Jeremiah 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Revelation 8:10-11 Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. / The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters. James 3:11-12 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? / My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, John 4:10-14 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” / “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water? / Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” ... Psalm 107:33-35 He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, / and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. / He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. Ezekiel 47:8-9 And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Dead Sea, the water there becomes fresh. / Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish. 2 Kings 4:38-41 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.” / One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were. / And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it. ... Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.” Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” Treasury of Scripture 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. Marah Numbers 33:8 And 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. marah. Ruth 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. Jump to Previous Able Bitter Couldn't Drink Drinking Good Marah Water WatersJump to Next Able Bitter Couldn't Drink Drinking Good Marah Water WatersExodus 15 1. The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance22. The people want water in the desert 23. The waters at Marah are bitter, 24. they murmur, 25. Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by God's direction 27. They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees When they came to Marah The Israelites, having just crossed the Red Sea, are now journeying through the wilderness. The name "Marah" means "bitter" in Hebrew, which foreshadows the experience they are about to have. This location is significant as it represents a test of faith and reliance on God. Historically, the journey from the Red Sea to Marah would have been arduous, emphasizing the Israelites' dependence on divine guidance and provision. they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter Therefore it was named Marah Therefore the name of it was called Marah.--"Marah" means "bitterness" both in Hebrew and in Arabic. It appears to be a form of the root which we find also in mare and amarus. Verse 23. - And when they came to Marah. It is not clear whether the place already bore the name on the arrival of the Israelites, or only received it from them. Marah would mean "bitter" in Arabic no less than in Hebrew. The identification of Marah with the present Ain Howarah, in which most modern writers acquiesce, is uncertain from the fact that there are several bitter springs in the vicinity - one of them even bitterer than Howarah. (See Winer, Realworterbuch, ad voc. MARAH) We may, however, feel confident that the bitter waters of which the Israelites "would not drink" were in this neighbourhood, a little north of the Wady Ghurundel.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And when they cameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to Marah, מָרָ֔תָה (mā·rā·ṯāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula they could יָֽכְל֗וּ (yā·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3201: To be able, have power not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no drink לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת (liš·tōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8354: To imbibe the water מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen [there] מִמָּרָ֔ה (mim·mā·rāh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it הֵ֑ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They was bitter. מָרִ֖ים (mā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly (That is why עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against it was named קָרָֽא־ (qā·rā-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read Marah.) מָרָֽה׃ (mā·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula Links Exodus 15:23 NIVExodus 15:23 NLT Exodus 15:23 ESV Exodus 15:23 NASB Exodus 15:23 KJV Exodus 15:23 BibleApps.com Exodus 15:23 Biblia Paralela Exodus 15:23 Chinese Bible Exodus 15:23 French Bible Exodus 15:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 15:23 When they came to Marah they couldn't (Exo. 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