21Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.


In Context

18 And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

19 And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

21 Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

23 He also smote the Egyptian, a man of 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 Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:21He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:21And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: however, he attained not to the first three.