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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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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, )

BrTr 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;

ULT But they did not listen and they did not incline their ear. And they walked by schemes in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and they went to the back and not to the face.

UST But your ancestors would not pay any attention 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.

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.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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 No LEB JER book available

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.

Moff No Moff 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.

Drby 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.

SLT And they heard not and inclined not their ear, and they went in the counsels in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and they shall be for behind and not before.

Wbstr 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-1769 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]

7.24 imagination: or, stubbornness

7.24 went: Heb. were

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]But they hearkened not, nor inclined their eare, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their euill heart, and went backward, and not forward.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

7:24 Or, stubburnnesse.

7:24 Hebr. were.

Bshps No Bshps JER book available

Gnva 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.
(But they would not obey, nor incline their ear, but went after the counsels and the stubberness of their wicked heart, and went backward and not forward. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JER book available

Wycl No Wycl JER book available

Luth No Luth JER book available

ClVg 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 they_heard, but_not incline/leanverunt ear his_own: but they_are_gone in/into/on voluntatibus and in/into/on pravitate of_the_heart self mali: madeque are backwards, and not/no in/into/on ante, )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JER book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

The words “you” and “your” in these verses refer to the people of Judah. “They” refers to the ancestors of the people of Judah.

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues giving Jeremiah his message to the people of Judah.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) they did not listen or pay attention

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not obey and=not incline DOM ear_of,their and,walked in/on/at/with,counsels in/on/at/with,stubbornness_of heart_of,their the,evil and=they_were toward,back and=not toward,fronts )

These phrases mean about the same thing and are repeated for emphasis.

(Occurrence 0) by their own stubborn plans of their wicked hearts

Alternate translation: “according to their own plans because they were wicked and stubborn”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) they went backwards, not forward

This is a metaphor. This could mean: (1) they refused to pay attention to Yahweh, instead of eagerly obeying him. Alternate translation: “they went away from me instead of drawing closer to me” or (2) they got worse and worse instead of improving. Alternate translation: “they got worse instead of better”

Parallel JER 7:24

General Information:

Connecting Statement: