Exodus 15:23

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Exodus 15:22-24 The Message (MSG)

Moses led Israel from the Red Sea on to the Wilderness of Shur. They traveled for three days through the wilderness without finding any water. They got to Marah, but they couldn’t drink the water at Marah; it was bitter. That’s why they called the place Marah (Bitter). And the people complained to Moses, “So what are we supposed to drink?”

Exodus 15:23 King James Version (KJV)

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.

Exodus 15:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

Exodus 15:23 New Century Version (NCV)

Then they came to Marah, where there was water, but they could not drink it because it was too bitter. (That is why the place was named Marah.)

Exodus 15:23 American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Exodus 15:23 New International Version (NIV)

When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.)

Exodus 15:23 New King James Version (NKJV)

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.

Exodus 15:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).

Exodus 15:23 New Living Translation (NLT)

When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).

Exodus 15:23 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.