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21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon,[a] “Come on,[b] you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.”[c] So Gideon killed[d] Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:21 tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Judges 8:21 tn Or “Arise.”
  3. Judges 8:21 tn Heb “for as the man is his strength.”
  4. Judges 8:21 tn Heb “arose and killed.”

21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, do it yourself. ‘As is the man, so is his strength.’” So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments(A) off their camels’ necks.

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