1 Chronicles 28:3
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.In other versions
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.
ASV
But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;
BBE
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.
DBY
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.
WEB
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.
YLT
But God said unto me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.
ENG
But 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.
WBT
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.’
BSB
In context
1And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
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.
4Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
5And of all 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.