Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleYet 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. King James Bible 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. Hebrew Yet they did notוְלֹ֤א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no listen שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently or pay attention, הִטּ֣וּ (hiṭ·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend but they followed וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk the stubborn בִּשְׁרִר֖וּת (biš·ri·rūṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8307: Firmness, stubbornness inclinations בְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹת (bə·mō·‘ê·ṣō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4156: Counsel, plan, principle, device of their own evil הָרָ֑ע (hā·rā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil hearts. לִבָּ֣ם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre They went וַיִּהְי֥וּ (way·yih·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be backward לְאָח֖וֹר (lə·’ā·ḥō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West and not forward. וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no |