1 Chronicles 28:3

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.

📖 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

• 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.’

• 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.

• 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 made great wars; you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
• 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 You know how David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars that surrounded him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
• 1 Chr 17:4 : 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:
• 2 Chr 6:8-9 : 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart: 9 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your loins, he shall build the house for my name.
• 2 Sam 7:5-9 : 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? 8 Now therefore, so shall you 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, over Israel: 9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; nor shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as before, 11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house. 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of 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.