Exodus 15:23

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And they came to Marah; but they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore they called its name Marah.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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.

King 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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

¶ 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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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.

Revised 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.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

World English Bible ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World English Bible Classic ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World English Bible Updated ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World Messianic Bible ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

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.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And when they came to Marah (Bitter Place), they could not drink of the mayim from Marah, for they were marim; therefore the shem of it was called Marah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَجَاءُوا إِلَى مَارَّةَ، وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مَاءً مِنْ مَارَّةَ لِأَنَّهُ مُرٌّ. لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمُهَا «مَارَّةَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထို​နောက်​မာ​ရ​ဟု​ခေါ်​သော​အ​ရပ်​သို့​ရောက် ရှိ​လာ​ကြ​ရာ ရေ​သည်​ခါး​သော​ကြောင့် မ​သောက်​နိုင်​ကြ။ ရေ​ခါး​ထွက်​သ​ဖြင့်​ထို အ​ရပ်​ကို​မာ​ရ​ဟု​ခေါ်​တွင်​လေ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မာရ အရပ်သို့ ရောက် သောအခါ ၊ မာရ ရေ သည် ခါး သောကြောင့် မ သောက် နိုင် ကြ။ ထိုကြောင့် ထိုအရပ်ကို မာရ ဟု သမုတ် ကြသတည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Marah ahmuen to a phak o naah, tui loe khaa pongah, Marah ih tui to nae o thai ai; to pongah to ahmuen to Marah, tiah kawk o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Marah la a pawk vaengah khaw Marah tui te khahing tih ok la lo pawh. Te dongah a ming khaw Marah a sui uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Marah la a pawk vaengah khaw Marah tui te khahing tih ok la lo pawh. Te dongah a ming khaw Marah a sui uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

到了 玛拉，不能喝那里的水；因为水苦，所以那地名叫 玛拉。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

到了 瑪拉，不能喝那裏的水；因為水苦，所以那地名叫 瑪拉。

World Chinese Bible ☆

到了玛拉，他们不能喝玛拉的水，因为水是苦的。因此那地方名叫玛拉。

Croatian Bible ☆

Dođu k Mari, ali nisu mogli piti vode kod Mare jer je bila gorka. Stoga se i zove Mara.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A přišedše do Marah, nemohli píti vod z Marah, nebo byly hořké; protož nazváno jest jméno jeho Marah.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Så nåede de Mara*, men de kunde ikke drikke Vandet for dets bitre Smag, thi det var bittert; derfor kaldte man Stedet Mara. { [*betyder Bitterhed.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen kwamen zij te Mara; doch zij konden het water van Mara niet drinken, want het was bitter; daarom werd derzelver naam genoemd Mara.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

bereikten zij Mara. Maar ze konden het water van Mara niet drinken, omdat het bitter was; daarom noemde men het Mara.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ili venis al Mara, sed ili ne povis trinki la akvon en Mara, ĉar ĝi estis maldolĉa; tial oni donis al la loko la nomon Mara.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et ils vinrent à Mara ; mais ils ne pouvaient boire des eaux de Mara, car elles étaient amères : c’est pourquoi son nom fut appelé Mara .

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Puis ils vinrent à Mara, mais ils ne purent boire des eaux de Mara, car elles étaient amères; c'est pour cela que ce lieu fut appelé Mara (amertume).

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ils arrivèrent à Mara; mais ils ne purent pas boire l’eau de Mara parce qu’elle était amère. C’est pourquoi ce lieu fut appelé Mara.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Quand ils arrivèrent à Mara, ils ne purent pas boire l'eau, car elle était amère. C'est pourquoi ce lieu fut appelé Mara.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und sie kamen nach Mara; aber sie konnten das Wasser von Mara nicht trinken, denn es war bitter: darum gab man ihm den Namen Mara.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Da kamen sie gen Mara; aber sie konnten das Wasser nicht trinken, denn es war sehr bitter. Daher hieß man den Ort Mara.

German Textbibel ☆

So gelangten sie nach Mara; aber sie konnten das Wasser wegen seiner Bitterkeit nicht trinken. Denn es war bitter; daher hieß der Platz Mara.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da kamen sie nach Mara; aber sie konnten das Wasser von Mara nicht trinken, denn es war sehr bitter. Daher hieß man es Mara.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἦλθον δὲ εἰς Μερρᾶ καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιεῖν ἐκ Μερρᾶς, πικρὸν γὰρ ἦν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Πικρία.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yo rive yon kote ki rele Mara. Men, yo pa t' kapab bwè dlo ki te la a, paske li te twò anmè. Se poutèt sa yo rele kote a Mara.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

A hiki mai la lakou i Mara; aole hiki ia lakou ke inu i ka wai o Mara, no ka mea, ua mulea ia; no ia mea, i kapaia'ku ai ia o Mara.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

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

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויבאו מרתה ולא יכלו לשתת מים ממרה כי מרים הם על כן קרא שמה מרה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Poi arrivarono a Mara; e non potevano ber dell'acque di Mara; perciocchè erano amare; perciò a quel luogo fu posto nome Mara .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E quando giunsero a Mara, non poteron bevere le acque di Mara, perché erano amare; perciò quel luogo fu chiamato Mara.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼らはマラに着いたが、マラの水は苦くて飲めなかった。それで、その場所はマラ と呼ばれた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

마라에 이르렀더니 그 곳 물이 써서 마시지 못하겠으므로 그 이름을 마라라 하였더라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Na elos tuku nu ke sie acn pangpang Marah, tusruktu kof we arulana mwen, oru elos tia ku in nim, pa sripa se sis acn sac pangpang Marah.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

پس به ماره رسیدند، و از آب ماره نتوانستند نوشید زیرا که تلخ بود. از این سبب، آن را ماره نامیدند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Quando chegaram a Mara, não puderam beber das águas de Mara, porque eram amargas. Por isso o seu nome foi chamado Mara.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E chegaram a Mara, e não puderam beber as águas de Mara, porque eram amargas; por isso lhe puseram o nome de Mara.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și când au ajuns la Mara, nu puteau bea din apele din Mara, fiindcă erau amare; de aceea i s-a pus numele Mara.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ау ажунс ла Мара, дар н-ау путут сэ бя апэ дин Мара, пентру кэ ера амарэ. Де ачея локул ачела а фост нумит Мара.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Пришли в Мерру - и не могли пить воды в Мерре, ибо она была горька, почему и наречено тому месту имя: Мерра.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Odande dođoše u Meru, ali ne mogoše piti vodu u Meri, jer beše gorka; otuda se prozva mesto Mera.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Оданде дођоше у Меру, али не могоше пити воду у Мери, јер беше горка; отуда се прозва место Мера.

Mashi Bible ☆

Bàhika aha Mara, ci bàrhahashaga okunywa amîshi g’aha Mara, bulya gàli malulu, co cirhuma ganaderhwa izîno lya «Mara».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y llegaron á Mara, y no pudieron beber las aguas de Mara, porque eran amargas; por eso le pusieron el nombre de Mara.

Spanish BLL ☆

Cuando llegaron a un lugar llamado Mara, no pudieron tomar el agua de ahí porque era muy amarga. (Por eso el lugar se llama Mara, que significa “amargo”).

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Cuando llegaron a Mara, no pudieron beber las aguas de Mara, porque eran amargas. Por eso le pusieron el nombre de Mara.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y cuando llegaron a Mara, el agua no era buena para beber, porque las aguas de Mara eran amargas, por eso le llamaron Mara a ese lugar.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Cuando llegaron a Mara, no pudieron beber las aguas de Mara porque eran amargas. Por eso fue llamado Mara.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ʻi heʻenau hoko ki Mala, naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa inu ʻae vai ʻo Mala, he naʻe kona: ko ia naʻe ui ai hono hingoa ko Mala.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І прийшли в Меру, та не змогли пити води Мерської, бо гірка вона, тим і прозвали те врочище Мера.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І прийшли в Меру, та не змогли пити води Мерської, бо гірка вона, тим і прозвали те врочище Мера.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kế đến đất Ma-ra, nhưng vì nước tại đó đắng, uống chẳng được, nên chi chỗ nầy gọi là Ma-ra.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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