1 Chronicles 11:21
What does 1 Chronicles 11:21 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 11:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the <FI>first<Fi> three he hath not come.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
Context
v.20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
v.21This passage
v.22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the twosons ofAriel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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
and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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