1 Chronicles 28:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.’

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

And-the-ʾĕlōhîm ʾāmar to-me not-tiḇneh bayit to-šᵉmî for ʾîš milḥāmôt ʾattâ and-dāmîm šāp̄āḵᵉtā

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural (used as singular) with definite article - God
• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *tiḇneh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will build
• *bayit*: masculine singular - house
• *šᵉmî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular construct - man of
• *milḥāmôt*: feminine plural - wars/battles
• *ʾattâ*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
• *dāmîm*: masculine plural - bloods
• *šāp̄āḵᵉtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you spilled/shed

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (used as singular with definite article)
• *tiḇneh*: you will build/shall build
• *šᵉmî*: my name/for my name/to my fame
• *ʾîš*: man/warrior/person
• *milḥāmôt*: wars/battles/warfare
• *dāmîm*: blood/bloodshed (plural form intensifies)
• *šāp̄āḵᵉtā*: you shed/poured out/spilled

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But God{H430} said{H559} unto me, Thou shalt not build{H1129} a house{H1004} for my name,{H8034} because thou art a man{H376} of war,{H4421} and hast shed{H8210} blood.{H1818}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But God{H430} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto me, Thou shalt not build{H1129}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} for my name{H8034}, because thou hast been a man{H376} of war{H4421}, and hast shed{H8210}{(H8804)} blood{H1818}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But God sayde vnto me: Thou shalt not buylde an house vnto my name, for thou art a man of warre, and hast shed bloude.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But God saide vnto me: thou shalt not builde an house for my name, because thou hast ben a man of warre, and hast shed blood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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;

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 22:8 : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed abundant blood on the earth in my sight.'
• 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
• 1 Chr 17:4 : 4 "Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
• 2 Chr 6:8-9 : 8 But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart. 9 However, you shall not build the house; instead, your son, who will come from your body, he shall build the house for My name.'
• 2 Sam 7:5-9 : 5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in? 6 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle. 7 In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?' 8 Now therefore, this is what you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel. 9 I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. Evil people will not continue to oppress them as they did at the beginning, 11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.