Verse (Click for Chapter) 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]. 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. Berean Study 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.) 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Exodus 15:23 Additional Translations ... Links Exodus 15:23 NIVExodus 15:23 NLT Exodus 15:23 ESV Exodus 15:23 NASB Exodus 15:23 NKJV Exodus 15:23 KJV |