Judges 8:21
Living Bible
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “You do it; we’d rather be killed by a man!”[a] So Gideon killed them and took the ornaments from their camels’ necks.
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- Judges 8:21 we’d rather be killed by a man, literally, “for as a man is, so is his strength.” Perhaps the meaning is, “A quick death is less painful.”
Judges 8:21
New International Version
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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