1 Chronicles 28:3

In 11 translations

BSB

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’

KJV

But 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.blood: Heb. bloods

WEB

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

ASV

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.

LSV

and God has said to me, You do not build a house for My Name, for you [are] a man of wars, and you have shed blood.

YLT

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.

DBY

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.Elohim

DRC

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.

GNV

But God sayde vnto me, Thou shalt not buylde an house for my Name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed blood.

JPS

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.

LXXE

but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

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WLC

וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֣מַר לִ֔י לֹא־תִבְנֶ֥ה בַ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י כִּ֣י אִ֧ישׁ מִלְחָמ֛וֹת אַ֖תָּה וְדָמִ֥ים שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ὁ Θεὸς εἶπεν, οὐκ οἰκοδομήσεις ἐμοὶ οἶκον τοῦ ἐπονομάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος πολεμιστὴς εἶ σὺ, καὶ αἷμα ἐξέχεας.

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• 1 Chronicles 22:8but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
• 1 Chronicles 17:4“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
• 1 Kings 5:3“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
• 2 Chronicles 6:8–9But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own…
• 2 Samuel 7:5–13“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day,…

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