Exodus 15:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 15:23

Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).

BSB

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.)

BSB text & permissions

KJV

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.

KJV text & permissions

WEB

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.

WEB text & permissions

ASV

American Standard 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.

ASV text & permissions

BLB

Berean Literal Bible

BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.

BLB text & permissions

READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 15

²¹ And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

²² Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

²³ And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

²⁴ So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

²⁵ And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Read the full chapter →