They set out from Pi-hahiroth, passed through the sea into the wilderness, went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.
Exodus 15:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah. More versionsKing 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 set out from Pi-hahiroth, passed through the sea into the wilderness, went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.
She said to them, “Call me no longer Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.