Judges 8:21

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Get up and kill us yourself. A man is only as strong as he is grown." So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. He took the moon-shaped ornaments from their camels' necks.

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Note: Hebrew: "as the man is, so is his strength."

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