New Revised Standard Version
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Contemporary English Version
but the LORD has refused to let me build it, because he said I have killed too many people in battle.

New American Bible
But God said to me, You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man who waged wars and shed blood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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 said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

Thou shalt

1 Chronicles 17:4 Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 22:8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me:

2 Samuel 7:5-13 Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? . . .

1 Kings 5:3 Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

2 Chronicles 6:8,9 The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will: . . .

blood [heb] bloods