NIV: When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.)
NAS: When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
KJV: 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.
GWT: When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink the water because it tasted bitter. That's why the place was called Marah [Bitter Place].
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.
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.
DBY: 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.
DRB: 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.
WBS: 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.
WEB: When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
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.
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