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.


In Context

1 And David assembleth all the heads of Israel, heads of the tribes, and heads of the courses who are serving the king, and heads of the thousands, and heads of the hundreds, and heads of all the substance and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty ones, even to every mighty one of valour — unto Jerusalem.

2 And David the king riseth on his feet, and saith, 'Hear me, my brethren and my people, I — with 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 prepared to build,

3 and 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.

4 And Jehovah, God of Israel, doth fix on me out of all the house of my father to be for king over Israel to the age, for on Judah He hath fixed for a leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, on me, me He hath been pleased to make king over all Israel;

5 and out of all my sons — for many sons hath Jehovah given to me — He also fixeth on Solomon my son, to sit on 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 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 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.