1 Chronicles 28:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ But God said to me, You shall not build a house for My Name [and Presence], because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³ God said to me, You must not build a temple for my name, because you are a military man and you’ve shed blood.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ But God said to me: 'You shall not build a house to my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

1 Chronicles 28:3 Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

“You know that my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until he put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to live in.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to my name because you have shed so much blood in my sight on the earth.