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.


In Context

1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.

2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.

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

4 Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:3But 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.