King James Version

Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 81:13.

וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּvaashalchehvand sendשָׁלַחconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and send”, the next action in the storyH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּתbishrirutin imaginationשְׁרִירוּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in 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]…יֵ֝לְכ֗וּyelekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to 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,…בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽםbemoatsoteyhemin counselמוֹעֵצָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in counsel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4156a purposecounsel, device.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(81-13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

World English Bible

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Darby Translation

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(81-13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλα αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν, πορεύσονται ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν.