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.


In Context

1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the princes of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the captains over thousands, and the captains over hundreds, and the comptrollers of all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the chamberlains, and the mighty men, and all the men of valour, unto Jerusalem.

2 And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had 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 have prepared to build.

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

4 And Jehovah the God of Israel chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for he has chosen Judah to be the prince; and of 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 has given me many sons,) he has 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 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 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.