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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O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
I will bless Jehovah, who has given me wisdom; my heart also instructs me in the nights.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
For You have possessed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb.
I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, 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 a stranger's; though my heart be exhausted in my bosom.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His heart.
But, O Jehovah of Hosts who judges rightly, who tries the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them. For to You I have revealed my cause.
I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, 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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O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
I will bless Jehovah, who has given me wisdom; my heart also instructs me in the nights.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
For You have possessed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb.
Yea, my heart shall rejoice when your lips speak right things.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His heart.
You have planted them; yea, they take root. They grow, yea, they make fruit. You are near in their mouth and far from their reins.
I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
But, O Jehovah of Hosts, who tries the righteous and sees the reins and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them. For I have committed my cause to You.
He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my inward parts.
And I will kill her children with death. And all the churches will know that I am He who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to every 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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O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
But, O Jehovah of Hosts who judges rightly, who tries the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them. For to You I have revealed my cause.
I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.