3But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.


In Context

1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, to Jerusalem.

2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

3 But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.

4 However, the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said to me, 'You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of war, and hast shed blood.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:3And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou art, and blood thou hast shed.