Judges Chapter 15 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 15:17

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.
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BBE Judges 15:17

And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramath-lehi.
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DARBY Judges 15:17

When he had finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ra'math-le'hi.
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KJV Judges 15:17

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
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WBT Judges 15:17

And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
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WEB Judges 15:17

It happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
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YLT Judges 15:17

And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Made an end of speaking, i.e. of reciting the song about the heaps of slain. It is singular that the word rendered speaking might also be rendered destroying, as in 2 Chronicles 22:10. Called that place Ramath-lechi, i.e. the height of Lechi, or of the jawbone, or, rather, the throwing away of the jawbone. He commemorated the exact spot where the slaughter ceased and the weapon Was thrown away by giving it the name of Ramath-Lechi, or, as it was called for shortness, Lechi (or hal-Lechi).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Ramath-lehi.--The marginal rendering, "the lifting up of the jawbone" is found in the LXX. and Vulg., and derives Ramath from the verb r-m," to be high." The more natural explanation is, "the hill of Lehi." The other marginal rendering, "the casting away of the jawbone," derives Ramath from the verb ramah, "he cast." This would require the form Remath.