Reference: Reins
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Or KIDNEYS. The Hebrews often make the reins the seat of the affections, and ascribe to them knowledge, joy, pain, pleasure; hence in Scripture it is said that God searches the heart and tries the reins.
Easton
the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections; used metaphorically for "heart." The "reins" and the "heart" are often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral constitution of man (Ps 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer 17:10, etc.).
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Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, - Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: -
For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.
I - Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Fausets
kelayot. The "kidneys"; the supposed seat of the desires and affections (Ps 7:9; 26:2; Jer 11:20; 17:10; Job 19:27). For "the loins" (halatsaim), Isa 11:5.
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Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: -
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, - And faithfulness the girdle of his reins;
But, O Yahweh of hosts Who judgest righteously, Who triest affections and intellect, - Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have revealed my cause.
I - Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Hastings
Morish
The kidneys, used symbolically for the inward thoughts and feelings. Ps 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Pr 23:16; Jer 12:2; 17:10; 20:12; La 3:13; Re 2:23. The word translated 'reins' in Isa 11:5 is elsewhere translated 'loins.'
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Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, - Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: -
For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.
So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, - And faithfulness the girdle of his reins;
Thou didst plant them, yea they took root, They have gone on yea they have borne fruit, - Near, art thou, in their mouth, But far off from their affections,
I - Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
But O Yahweh of hosts - Testing the righteous Beholding the affections and the heart, - Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I laid bare my cause.
and, her children, will I slay with death; - and all the assemblies shall get to know, that, I, am he that searcheth reins and hearts, and will give unto you, each one, according to your works.
Smith
(i.e. kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys were believed to be the seat of desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled with the heart.
Ps 7:9; 26:2; Jer 11:20; 17:10
, etc.
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Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: -
But, O Yahweh of hosts Who judgest righteously, Who triest affections and intellect, - Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have revealed my cause.
I - Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.