Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Was not water once sweetened by a tree so that his power might be revealed?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
Good News Translation®
Didn't a tree once make bitter water fit to drink, so that the Lord's power might be known?
Wycliffe Bible
Whether bitter water was not made sweet of (or by) a tree? The virtue of those things came by experience to the knowing of men;
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that his power might be known?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
Common English Bible © 2011
Wasn’t water made sweet by means of wood so that the Lord’s strength might be known?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Was not the water sweetened by a twig, so that all might learn his power?
Revised Standard Version
Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that his power might be known?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?