Verse List for EXO 15:23

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OET (OET-RV) but it was so bitter that they couldn’t drink it. So they named that place ‘Marah’ (which means ‘bitter’),

OET-LV And_they _came to_Mārāh and_not they _were _able to_drink waters from_Mārāh if/because were_bitter they therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Mārāh.

ULT And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. So he called its name Marah.

UST So they went on and came to a place named Marah. There was water there, but they could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, which is the Hebrew word that means “bitter.”

BSB & MSB And when they came to Marah,[fn] they could not drink the water [there] because it was bitter. ( That is why it was named Marah.)

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE & WMBB When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.[fn]

NET Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.)

LSV and they come to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [are] bitter; therefore [one] has called its name Marah.

FBV When they arrived at Marah, the water there was too bitter to drink. (That's why the place is called Marah.)

T4T So they/we went on and came to a place named Marah. There was water there, but they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’.

LEB And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink water from Marah because it was bitter. Therefore _⌊it was named_⌋[fn] Marah.

BBE And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS 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.

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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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.

Drby And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah.

RV 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.

SLT And they will come to Marah, and they will not be able to drink the waters of Marah, for they are bitter: for this he called the name bitterness.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-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.[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ And when they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called [fn]Marah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps And when they came to Marah, they coulde not drynke of the waters of Marah, for they were bytter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.
(And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.)

Gnva And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.
(And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.)

Cvdl Then came they to Marath, but they coude not drinke ye water for bytternes, for it was very bytter. Therfore was it called Marah, (yt is bytternes.)
(Then came they to Marath, but they could not drink ye/you_all water for bitternes, for it was very bitter. Therefore was it called Marah, (that is bitternes.))

Wycl And thei camen in to Marath, and thei miyten not drynk the watris of Marath, for tho weren bittere; wherfor and he puttide a couenable name to the place, and clepide it Mara, that is, bitternesse.
(And they came in to Marath, and they might not drink the waters of Marath, for those were bitter; wherefore and he put a convenient name to the place, and called it Mara, that is, bitterness.)

Luth Da kamen sie gen Mara; aber sie konnten des Wassers zu Mara nicht trinken, denn es war fast bitter. Daher hieß man den Ort Mara.
(So came they/she/them to/toward Mara; but they/she/them could the waters to/for Mara not drink(v), because/than it what/which nearly bitter. Therefore was_called man the place/location Mara.)

ClVg Et venerunt in Mara, nec poterant bibere aquas de Mara, eo quod essent amaræ: unde et congruum loco nomen imposuit, vocans illum Mara, id est, amaritudinem.[fn]
(And they_came in/into/on Mara, but_not they_could to_drink waters from/about Mara, by_him that they_would_be bitter(pl): from_where/who and congruum instead name imposed, calling him Mara, that it_is, bitterness.)

UHB וַ⁠יָּבֹ֣אוּ מָרָ֔תָ⁠ה וְ⁠לֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לִ⁠שְׁתֹּ֥ת מַ֨יִם֙ מִ⁠מָּרָ֔ה כִּ֥י מָרִ֖ים הֵ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמָ֖⁠הּ מָרָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἦλθον δὲ εἰς Μεῤῥᾶ, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιεῖν ἐκ Μεῤῥᾶς· πικρὸν γὰρ ἦν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, Πικρία.

BrTr And they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.