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Exodus 15:23

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

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.

Vulgate

Ἦλθον δὲ εἰς Μερρά, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιεῖν ἐκ Μέρρας, πικρὸν γὰρ ἦν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπωνόμασεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Πικρία.

LXX

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

וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ מָרָ֔תָ/ה וְ/לֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לִ/שְׁתֹּ֥ת מַ֨יִם֙ מִ/מָּרָ֔ה כִּ֥י מָרִ֖ים הֵ֑ם עַל כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא שְׁמָ֖/הּ מָרָֽה

Hebrew

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Places Marah

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַר
mr
verb · 39×
מָּרָ֔ה
mrh
proper_noun · 5×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 2:19 — And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
  • 2Kgs 4:40 — So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat ther
  • Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
  • Exod 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
  • Num 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts
  • Num 20:2 — And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
  • Num 33:8 — And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
  • Ruth 1:20 — And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.