And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not in- dined my ear to masters?

and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,.... Parents, tutors, masters, and ministers of the word; neither regarded the advice of parents, nor the instructions of tutors, nor the commands of masters, nor the sermons of ministers: these are all lost on some persons; they are proof against them all; these make no impressions upon them, and are of no use to them;
nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! or to my masters, as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; turned away the ear from them, stopped it to them, and would not hear what they had to say; at least would not receive it, and act according to it.

שׁמע בּ signifies to cleave to anything in hearing, as ראה ב is to do so in seeing; שׁמע ל yet more closely corresponds with the classic ἐπακούειν, obedire, e.g., Psalm 81:9; שׁמע בּקול is the usual phrase for "hearken!"