Exodus 15:23
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23And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink water from Marah because it was bitter. Therefore it was namedn Marah.
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- nLiterally “its name was called”; the Hebrew word for “bitter” is pronounced “marah”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.)
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CSBChristian 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.
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NLTNew 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”).
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KJV 1900King James 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.
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