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Exodus 15:23
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When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it 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 it was called Marah.
And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink water from Marah because it was bitter. Therefore it was named Marah.
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.)
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.)
Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter; for that reason it was named Marah.
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 they came to Marah, but they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.
They arrived at Marah but couldn't drink the water there, because it was bitter. This is why they called it Marah [bitterness].
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.
Then they came to Marah. There was water at Marah, but it was too bitter to drink. (That is why the place was named Marah.)
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
And when they came to Morath, they could not drink the waters of Morath, for they were bitter; therefore the name of the place was called Morath.
Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.
They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah.
And they came to Marah. And they were not able to drink water from Marah, for it was bitter. Therefore, one called its name Marah.
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.)
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.
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.
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 it was called Marah.
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 Marah.
and they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.
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.
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
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 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.
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore it was named Marah.
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.
When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
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. [fn]
When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means "bitter").
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. So it was given the name Marah.
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah.
and, when they came in towards Marah they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter, - for this taut, was the name thereof called Marah.
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.
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Marah: Numbers 33:8
Marah: i.e. bitterness, Ruth 1:20
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:11 - Because Numbers 11:1 - And when Numbers 20:2 - no 2 Kings 2:19 - the water 2 Kings 4:40 - death Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness James 3:12 - so Revelation 8:11 - many
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when they came to Marah,.... A place in the wilderness, afterwards so called from the quality of the waters found here; wherefore this name is by anticipation:
they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; and they must be very bitter for people in such circumstances, having been without water for three days, not to be able to drink of them: some have thought these to be the bitter fountains Pliny f speaks of, somewhere between the Nile and the Red sea, but these were in the desert of Arabia; more probably they were near, and of the same kind with those that Diodorus Siculus g makes mention of, who, speaking of the Troglodytes that inhabited near the Red sea, and in the wilderness, observes, that from the city Arsinoe, as you go along the shores of the continent on the right hand, there are several rivers that gush out of the rocks into the sea, of a bitter taste: and so Strabo h speaks of a foss or ditch, which runs out into the Red sea and Arabian gulf, and by the city Arsinoe, and flows through those lakes which are called bitter; and that those which were of old time bitter, being made a foss and mixed with the river, are changed, and now produce good fish, and abound with water fowl: but what some late travellers have discovered seems to be nearer the truth: Doctor Shaw i thinks these waters may be properly fixed at Corondel, where there is a small rill, which, unless it be diluted by the dews and rain, still continues to be brackish: another traveller k tells us that, at the foot of the mountain of Hamam-El-Faron, a small but most delightful valley, a place called Garondu, in the bottom of the vale, is a rivulet that comes from the afore mentioned mountain, the water of which is tolerably good, and in sufficient plenty, but is however not free from being somewhat bitter, though it is very clear: Doctor Pocock says there is a mountain known to this day by the name of Le-Marah; and toward the sea is a salt well called Bithammer, which is probably the same here called Marah: this Le-Marah, he says, is sixteen hours south of the springs of Moses; that is, forty miles from the landing place of the children of Israel; from whence to the end of the wilderness were six hours' travelling, or about fifteen miles; which were their three days' travel in the wilderness, and from thence two hours' travel, which were five miles, to a winter torrent called Ouarden; where, it may be supposed, Moses encamped and refreshed his people, and from thence went on to Marsh, about the distance of eight hours, or twenty miles southward from the torrent of Ouarden:
therefore the name of it is called Marah; from the bitterness of the waters, which the word Marah signifies; see Ruth 1:20.
f Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 29. g Bibliothec. l. 3. p. 172. h Geograph. l. 17. p. 553. i Travels, p. 314. k A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, A. D. 1722, p. 14, 15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Marah - Now identified with the fount of Huwara. The fountain rises from a large mound, a whitish petrifaction, deposited by the water, and is considered by the Arabians to be the worst in the whole district.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 15:23. Marah — So called from the bitter waters found there. Dr. Shaw conjectures that this place is the same as that now called Corondel, where there is still a small rill which, if not diluted with dews or rain, continues brackish. See his account at the end of Exodus. Exodus 40:38; Exodus 40:38.
