“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 the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Chronicles 28:3 - New Revised Standard Version But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
“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 the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to live in.
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.