New Revised Standard Version
He was the most renowned of the Thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the Three.

Contemporary English Version
and certainly just as famous as the rest of the Thirty Warriors. He was the commander of the Thirty Warriors, but he still did not become one of the Three Warriors.

New American Bible
but was more famous than any of the Thirty, becoming their leader. However, he did not attain to the Three.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the noblest of three, and was their chief, but to the three first he attained not.

And the noblest of three, and was their chief, but to the three first he attained not.

he attained

2 Samuel 23:9,13,16 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three valiant men that were with David when they defied the Philistines, and they were there gathered together to battle. . . .

1 Chronicles 11:25 And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council.

Matthew 13:8,23 And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:41 One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory.