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Jeremiah 44:5

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

KJV

Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam, ut converterentur a malis suis, et non sacrificarent diis alienis.

Vulgate

καὶ δύναμις Φαραὼ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ Χαλδαῖοι τὴν ἀκοὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

LXX

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

ASV

וְ/לֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ וְ/לֹא הִטּ֣וּ אֶת אָזְנָ֔/ם לָ/שׁ֖וּב מֵ/רָֽעָתָ֑/ם לְ/בִלְתִּ֥י קַטֵּ֖ר לֵ/אלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
בִלְתִּ֖י
blty
preposition · 112×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 11:10 — They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my cov
  • Jer 19:13 — And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of hea
  • Jer 43:4 — So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.