2 Samuel 23:19 Parallel Translations

and was honored more than they were. So he became their captain, but he didn't become a member of the three.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

ASV:

Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

BBE:

Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.

DBY:

Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

ERV:

Was he not most honourable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

JPS:

He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

WBS:

Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: yet he attained not to the first three.

WEB:

Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the first three.

YLT:

Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the first three he hath not come.

2 Samuel 23:19 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 23:18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three.

2 Samuel 23:20 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

23:19 Attained not - He fell short of them in strength and valour.

MHC:

23:8-39 David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a youth, and it was without due thought that he desired it. Were his valiant men so forward to expose themselves, upon the least hint of their prince's mind, and so eager to please him, and shall not we long to approve ourselves to our Lord Jesus, by ready compliance with his will, as shown us by his word, Spirit, and providence? But David poured out the water as a drink-offering to the Lord. Thus he would cross his own foolish fancy, and punish himself for indulging it, and show that he had sober thoughts to correct his rash ones, and knew how to deny himself. Did David look upon that water as very precious which was got at the hazard of these men's blood, and shall not we much more value those benefits for purchasing which our blessed Saviour shed his blood? Let all beware of neglecting so great salvation.

CONC:

Attain Attained Becometh Captain Commander Didn't Equal Greater Honor Honorable Honored Honourable Honoured Howbeit However Included Noblest Renowned Thirty Though Wasn't Yet

Attain Attained Captain Commander First Greater Held Honor Honorable Honored Honourable Honoured Howbeit However Included Noblest Renowned Thirty Three Wasn't

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