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.
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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.
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.
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you a man of battles and you have shed blood.’
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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.
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.’
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
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.
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.
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
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.
And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
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.
and God has said to me, You do not build a house for My Name, for you [are] a man of wars, and you have shed blood.
But God said to me, 'You will not build a temple for my name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you a man of battles and you have shed blood.’
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.
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.’
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.
But God told me, ‘You are not to build a house to honor me because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
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;
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.
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 25 words from the Hebrew and 27 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 13 Hebrew tokens and 23 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
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וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֣מַר לִ֔י לֹא תִבְנֶ֥ה בַ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י כִּ֣י אִ֧ישׁ מִלְחָמ֛וֹת אַ֖תָּה וְדָמִ֥ים שָׁפָֽכְתָּ
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.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί ὁ θεός εἶπον οὐ οἰκοδομέω ἐγώ οἶκος ὁ ἐπιὀνομάζω ὁ ὄνομα ἐγώ ἐπί αὐτός ὅτι ἄνθρωπος πολεμιστής εἰμί σύ καί αἷμα ἐκχέω
but God said, You shall not build me a house to call my name upon it, for you are a man of war, and have shed blood.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 13 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shâphak (“to pour”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 28:3 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch
Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)