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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Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
From the Three, in the second, he was honored. And he became a commander to them. But he did not come to the Three.
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Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the `first' three.
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
Among the three he was more honourable then the two, and he was their captaine: but he attained not vnto the first three.
And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.
Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the `first' three he hath not come.
Of the three he is more honored than the [other] two, and becomes their head; but he has not come to the [first] three.
Of the Three, he was given double honor and became their captain, even though he was not one of them.
From the Three, in the second, he was honored. And he became a commander to them. But he did not come to the Three.
Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three.
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.
He was the most highly regarded of the Three and was their commander, though he was not one of the first Three.
Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.
Of the three in the second rank he was the most honourable, and was made their captain; howbeit he attained not to the first three.
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 23 words from the Hebrew and 25 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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מִן הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה בַשְּׁנַ֨יִם֙ נִכְבָּ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לְשָׂ֑ר וְעַד הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה לֹֽא בָֽא
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
World English Bible · Public Domain
ἀπό ὁ τρεῖς ὑπέρ ὁ δύο ἔνδοξος καί εἰμί αὐτός εἰς ἄρχων καί ἕως ὁ τρεῖς οὐ ἄρχω
He was more famous than the two others of the three, and he was chief over them; yet he reached not to the first three.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 11 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kâbad (“to be heavy”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 11:21 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.