Judges 15:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 Ramath-lehi.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And when he stopped speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi [the hill of the jawbone].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ When he finished speaking, he tossed away the jawbone. So that place became known as Ramath-lehi.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as 'the elevation of the jawbone.'

Judges 15:17 Cross References

Judges 15:15

And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith.

Judges 15:16

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

Judges 15:18

And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

Judges 15:9

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.