1 Chronicles 11:21
King James Version (KJV)
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
In context
19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 11:21 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
- WEB World English Bible
- Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.