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.
KJV: Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was 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.
