Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

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.’

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

But then God told me, "You will not build a temple to my name, because you are a man of war, and you have committed bloodshed.'

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

Bible in Basic English

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;

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house to my name, for thou a man of war, and thou didst pour out bloods.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

But God said to me, 'You may not build a house for my name because you [are] a man of war, and you have shed blood.'

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But God said to me, 'Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war and hast shed blood.'

NET Bible

But God said to me, 'You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.'

New Heart English Bible

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.'

The Emphasized Bible

But, God, said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my Name, - for, a man of war, thou art, and, blood, hast thou shed.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.'

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

unto me, Thou shalt not build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

an house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

for my name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

because thou hast been a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

of war
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

and hast shed
שׁפך 
Shaphak 
Usage: 115

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

David's Charge To Israel

2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build, 3 but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4 “Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.


Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:8

but the 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 Kings 5:3

“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go to David My servant and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.

2 Samuel 7:5-13

“Go to My servant David and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you to build a house for Me to live in?

2 Chronicles 6:8-9

However, Yahweh said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.

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