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1 Chronicles 22:8

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22:8But the Lord said to me:5 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me,6 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”
  2. 6 Heb “for my name.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 before me on the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But the Lord said to me, ‘You have killed many men in the battles you have fought. And since you have shed so much blood in my sight, you will not be the one to build a Temple to honor my name.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

but it happened that the word of Yahweh came over me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have made much war; you shall not build a house for my name because you have shed much blood upon the ground before me.

KJV 1900King James Version

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.