1st Chronicles Chapter 11 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the `first' three.
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BBE 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.
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DARBY 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
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KJV 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
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WBT 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.
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WEB 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
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YLT 1stChronicles 11:21

Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the `first' three he hath not come.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Than the two. The Hebrew (בַשְׁנַיִס) cannot be thus translated, but possibly the words may mark the second set of three.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Of the three, he was more honourable than the two.--The Hebrew text here varies from Samuel, which has "Above (or out of) the three, was he not honoured? n The reading of Chronicles seems to be an exegetical alteration of this, and should probably be rendered, "Above the three of the second rank he was honoured," i.e., he was the most honoured member of the second triad. So the Vulg., et inter tres secun-dos inclitus. The LXX. has ??? ??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ("Of the three, renowned above the two"). But the Hebrew expression, which means literally, "in the two," seems plainly to indicate a second group of three. Otherwise, we might translate: "Of the three he was honoured among the two," that is, above the other two members of his triad. Both here and in 1Chronicles 11:20 the Syriac reads thirty instead of three: "Above the thirty he was honoured, and he became chief over them and warlike; the thirty he used to make" (1Chronicles 11:21). The Arabic is more correct: "And he was mightier than the two, and chief over them twain, and he came not to the three."Howbeit he attained not . . .--Literally, but to the three he came not, i.e., the first triad of warriors (1Chronicles 11:11-14).