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1 Chronicles 22:8
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 22:8
New English Translation
8 But this was the Lord’s message to me: ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me,[a] for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.
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- 1 Chronicles 22:8 tn Heb “for my name.”
1 Chronicles 22:8
New International Version
1 Chronicles 22:8
New International Version
8 But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars.(A) You are not to build a house for my Name,(B) because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
1 Chronicles 22:8
King James Version
1 Chronicles 22:8
King James Version
8 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.
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