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BSB § Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

OEB But, instead of inclining their ear and listening, they followed the dictates of their own stubborn and wicked hearts; they went backwards instead of forwards.

WEB But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

NET But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.

LSV And they have not listened, nor inclined their ear,
And they walk in the counsels,
[And] in the stubbornness, of their evil hearts,
And are backward and not forward.

FBV But they refused to listen or pay attention. Instead they followed the desires of their own stubborn and evil thinking, so they ended up going backward and not forward.

T4T But your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me.
⇔ They continued to do the evil things that they wanted to do,
 ⇔ everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do.
⇔ Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.

LEB Yet they did not obey, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in their own plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and they became worse instead of better.[fn]

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BBE But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels, even in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward,

ASV But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

DRA But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,

YLT And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

DBY But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

RV But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

WBS But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

KJB But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.[fn][fn]
  (But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.)

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BB But they were not obedient, they inclined not their eares there vnto: but went after their owne imaginations, and after the motions of their owne wicked heart, and so turned them selues away, and conuerted not vnto me.
  (But they were not obedient, they inclined not their ears there unto: but went after their own imaginations, and after the motions of their own wicked heart, and so turned themselves away, and conuerted not unto me.)

GNV But they would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.

CB But they were not obedient, they inclyned not their eares there vnto, but went after their owne ymagynacions and after the mocions of their owne wicked herte, and so turned them selues awaye, and conuerted not vnto me.
  (But they were not obedient, they inclyned not their ears there unto, but went after their own ymagynacions and after the mocions of their own wicked heart, and so turned themselves away, and conuerted not unto me.)

WYC And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei yeden in her lustis, and in the schrewidnesse of her yuel herte; and thei ben put bihynde, and not bifore,
  (And they heard not, neither bowiden down her eere, but they went in her lustis, and in the schrewidnesse of her yuel herte; and they been put behind, and not before,)

LUT Aber sie wollten nicht hören noch ihre Ohren zuneigen, sondern wandelten nach ihrem eigenen Rat und nach ihres bösen Herzens Gedünken und gingen hinter sich und nicht vor sich.
  (But they/she/them wantedn not listenn still ihre ears zuneigen, rather wandelten nach ihrem eigenen advice and nach ihres evil Herzens Gedünken and gingen hinter itself/yourself/themselves and not before/in_front_of itself/yourself/themselves.)

CLV Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: sed abierunt in voluntatibus et in pravitate cordis sui mali: factique sunt retrorsum, et non in ante,
  (And not/no audierunt, but_not inclinaverunt aurem suam: but they_are_gone in voluntatibus and in pravitate cordis sui mali: factique are retrorsum, and not/no in ante, )

BRN But they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed, but they walked in the imaginations of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward;

BrLXX Καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσάν μου, καὶ οὐ προσέσχε τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν τοῖς ἐνθυμήμασι τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν τῆς κακῆς, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν εἰς τὰ ὄπισθεν· καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὰ ἔμπροσθεν,
  (Kai ouk aʸkousan mou, kai ou prosesⱪe to ous autōn, allʼ eporeuthaʸsan en tois enthumaʸmasi taʸs kardias autōn taʸs kakaʸs, kai egenaʸthaʸsan eis ta opisthen; kai ouk eis ta emprosthen, )