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 wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons.
Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.
For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and 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 shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another, though my kidneys be consumed within me.
Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faith the girdle of his kidneys.
But, O LORD of the hosts, that judges righteously, that tries the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them, for unto thee I have uncovered my cause.
I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and 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 wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons.
Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.
For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faith the girdle of his kidneys.
Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they grow, and they bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth and far from their kidneys.
I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.
O LORD of the hosts, who examines that which is just, who seest the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee I have opened my cause.
And I will kill her children with death, and all the congregations shall know that I AM he that searches the kidneys and hearts, and I will give unto each one of you 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 wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.
But, O LORD of the hosts, that judges righteously, that tries the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them, for unto thee I have uncovered my cause.
I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.