1 Chronicles 11:21
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
1 Chronicles 11:21 in other translations
| BSB | He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three. |
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| WEB | Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three. |
| ASV | Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. |
| YLT | Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come. |
| DARBY | Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three. |
| BBE | Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three. |
| Webster | Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three. |
What does 1 Chronicles 11:21 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 11:10-47
An account is given of David's worthies, the great men who served him. Yet David reckoned his success, not as from the mighty men that were with him, but from the mighty God, whose presence is all in all. In strengthening him, they strengthened themselves and their own interest, for his advancement was theirs. We shall gain by what we do in our places for the support of the kingdom of the Son of David; and those…
1 Chronicles 11:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 11:21
- 1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
- Matthew 13:8
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 11:20
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.
- 1 Chronicles 11:21
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22
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.
1 Chronicles 11:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De los tres fué más ilustre que los otros dos, y fué el principal de ellos: mas no llegó á los tres primeros. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | entre les trois il fut honoré à côté des deux, et il fut leur chef; mais il n’atteignit pas les trois premiers. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Vor den Dreien war er geehrt, neben den Zweien, so daß er ihr Oberster wurde; aber an die ersten Drei reichte er nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et inter tres secundos inclytus, et princeps eorum: verumtamen usque ad tres primos non pervenerat. |