They travelled from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
Exodus 15:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter #– #that is why it was named Marah. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they came to Marah, they could not drink its waters for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah [bitterness]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink Marah’s water because it was bitter. That’s why it was called Marah. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
They travelled from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
‘Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,’ she answered, ‘for the Almighty has made me very bitter.