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.


In Context

1 And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies, who waited on the king: and the captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and them who had the charge over the substance and possessions of the king, and his sons with the officers of the court, and the men of power, and all the bravest of the army at Jerusalem.

2 And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest: and I prepared all things for the building.

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

4 But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.

5 And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon 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 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.

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.