King James Version

Jeremiah 9:14

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Jeremiah 9:13.

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּvayelekhvand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…אַחֲרֵ֖יachareafterאַחַרpreposition — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…שְׁרִר֣וּתsherirutimaginationשְׁרִירוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “imagination”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8307obstinacyimagination, lust.לִבָּ֑םlibamcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…וְאַחֲרֵי֙veachareand afterאַחַרconjunction, preposition — “and after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…הַבְּעָלִ֔יםhabalimthe Baalבַּעַלdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Baal”H1168Baal, a Phoenician deityBaal, (plural) Baalim.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…לִמְּד֖וּםlimdumteachלָמַדverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “teach”, a completed actionH3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)(un-) accustomed, [idiom] diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -ing).אֲבוֹתָֽםavotamfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-13) But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

Young’s Literal Translation

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

World English Bible

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”

Darby Translation

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;

Douay-Rheims

But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-13) But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them to worship :

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀλλʼ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ἀρεστῶν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν τῆς κακῆς, καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν εἰδώλων ἃ ἐδίδαξαν αὐτοὺς οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.