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The Hebrew word for kidneys, "kilyah," is frequently used in the Old Testament to convey this deeper, introspective meaning.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Function</b><br><br>The kidneys are considered the seat of emotion and moral discernment in biblical literature. This symbolism is rooted in the ancient understanding of human anatomy, where the kidneys, along with the heart, were thought to be central to one's inner life and conscience. The kidneys are often mentioned alongside the heart, emphasizing their role in the moral and emotional aspects of a person.<br><br><b>Biblical References</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalm 7:9</a> :</b> "Bring to an end the violence of the wicked, and establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds." Here, the term "minds" is translated from the Hebrew word for kidneys, indicating God's ability to discern the deepest thoughts and intentions of individuals.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Psalm 26:2</a> :</b> "Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and mind." Again, the word "mind" is derived from the Hebrew term for kidneys, underscoring the idea of divine scrutiny of one's innermost being.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20</a> :</b> "But, O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause." This passage highlights God's role as the ultimate judge who examines the heart and kidneys, symbolizing His comprehensive understanding of human nature.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a> :</b> "Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds." In this New Testament reference, the concept of God searching the "minds" continues, reflecting the continuity of this metaphorical use from the Old to the New Testament.<br><br><b>Cultural and Religious Context</b><br><br>In the ancient Near Eastern context, the kidneys were not only seen as vital organs for physical health but also as central to one's spiritual and emotional life. Sacrificial practices in the Old Testament often involved the offering of kidneys, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/3-4.htm">Leviticus 3:4</a>, where the fat surrounding the kidneys was burned as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. This practice underscores the symbolic importance of the kidneys in religious rituals, representing the offering of one's innermost self to God.<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Implications</b><br><br>The biblical use of kidneys as a metaphor for the inner self carries significant moral and ethical implications. It suggests that true righteousness and integrity are matters of the heart and mind, beyond mere external actions. The frequent pairing of the heart and kidneys in scripture emphasizes the holistic nature of human morality, where thoughts, emotions, and intentions are all subject to divine examination and judgment.<br><br>In summary, the kidneys in biblical literature serve as a powerful symbol of the inner life, representing the depths of human emotion, morality, and spiritual discernment. Through this metaphor, the Bible communicates the profound truth that God is intimately aware of and concerned with the innermost aspects of human existence.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) Plural of Kidney.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">KIDNEYS</span><p>kid'-niz (always in the plural: kelayoth; nephroi; Latin renes, whence the English "reins"): "Reins" and "kidneys" are synonyms, but the King James Version undertook a distinction by using the former word in the figurative, the latter in the literal passages. the English Revised Version has followed the King James Version exactly, but the American Standard Revised Version has retained "reins" only in <a href="/job/16-13.htm">Job 16:13</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-13.htm">Lamentations 3:13</a> <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a>, elsewhere substituting "heart," except in <a href="/psalms/139-13.htm">Psalm 139:13</a>, where "inward parts" is used. the King James Version and the English Revised Version also have "reins" for chalatsayim, in <a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm">Isaiah 11:5</a> (the American Standard Revised Version "loins"). The physiological function of the kidneys is not referred to in the Bible, but has been introduced (quite wrongly) by the King James Version margin to <a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2</a>; <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leviticus 22:4</a>.<br><br>(1) The kidneys owe their importance in the Bible partly to the fact that they are imbedded in fat, and fat of such purity that fat of the kidneys was a proverbial term for surpassing excellence (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14</a> margin). For the visceral fat was the part of the animal best adapted for sacrificial burning, and hence, came to be deemed peculiarly sacred (<a href="/leviticus/7-22.htm">Leviticus 7:22-25</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-16.htm">1 Samuel 2:16</a>). Accordingly, the kidneys with the fat surrounding them were burned in every sacrifice in which the entire animal was not consumed, whether in peace (<a href="/leviticus/3-4.htm">Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15</a>; <a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Leviticus 9:19</a>), sin (<a href="/exodus/29-13.htm">Exodus 29:13</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-9.htm">Leviticus 4:9</a>; <a href="/leviticus/8-16.htm">Leviticus 8:16</a>; <a href="/leviticus/9-10.htm">Leviticus 9:10</a>), or trespass, (<a href="/leviticus/7-4.htm">Leviticus 7:4</a>) offerings; compare the "ram of consecration" (<a href="/exodus/29-22.htm">Exodus 29:22</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-25.htm">Leviticus 8:25</a>). So in <a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6</a>, "fat of the kidneys of rams" is chosen as a typical sacrificial term to parallel "blood of lambs and goats."<br><br>(2) The position of the kidneys in the body makes them particularly inaccessible, and in cutting up an animal they are the last organs to be reached. Consequently, they were a natural symbol for the most hidden part of a man (<a href="/psalms/139-13.htm">Psalm 139:13</a>), and in <a href="/job/16-13.htm">Job 16:13</a> to "cleave the reins asunder" is to effect the total destruction of the individual (compare <a href="/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-13.htm">Lamentations 3:13</a>). This hidden location, coupled with the sacred sacrificial use, caused the kidneys to be thought of as the seat of the innermost moral (and emotional) impulses. So the reins instruct (<a href="/psalms/16-7.htm">Psalm 16:7</a>) or are "pricked" (<a href="/psalms/73-21.htm">Psalm 73:21</a>), and God can be said to be far from the reins of sinners (<a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a>). In all of these passages "conscience" gives the exact meaning. So the reins rejoice (<a href="/proverbs/23-16.htm">Proverbs 23:16</a>), cause torment (2 Esdras 5:34), or tremble in wrath (1 Maccabees 2:24). And to "know" or "try the reins" (usually joined with "the heart") is an essential power of God's, denoting His complete knowledge of the nature of every human being (<a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalm 7:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Psalm 26:2</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a>; Wis 1:6; <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a>). See <a href="../f/fat.htm">FAT</a>; <a href="../p/psychology.htm">PSYCHOLOGY</a>; SACRIFICE. Compare RS2, 379-80, and for Greek sacrificial parallels Journal of Philology, XIX (1890), 46. The anatomical relations are well exhibited in the plate in Sacred Books of the Old Testament, "Leviticus."<br><br>Burton Scott Easton<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4697.htm"><span class="l">4697. splagchnizomai -- to be moved in the inward parts, ie to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> moved. Cognate: 4697 -- "from , 'the inward parts,' especially the nobler<br> entrails -- the heart, lungs, liver, and <b>kidneys</b>. These <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4697.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3510.htm"><span class="l">3510. nephros -- a kidney, fig. the (inmost) mind</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Philo (about ad 50) applied this term to "the emotions driving the conscience,"<br> ie . [The also used 3510 () this way when translating OT 3629 ("<b>kidneys</b>").]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3510.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3629.htm"><span class="l">3629. kilyah -- a kidney</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3628, 3629. kilyah. 3630 . a kidney. Transliteration: kilyah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kil-yaw') Short Definition: <b>kidneys</b>. <b>...</b> <b>kidneys</b>, reins. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3629.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2910.htm"><span class="l">2910. tuchah -- inward parts</span></a><br><b>...</b> From tachah (or tuwach) in the sense of overlaying; (in the plural only) the <b>kidneys</b><br> (as being covered); hence (figuratively) the inmost thought -- inward parts <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2910.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_9_the_manner_of.htm"><span class="l">The Manner of Our Offering Sacrifices.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> They also sprinkle the altar with their blood; but they lay upon the altar the <b>kidneys</b><br> and the caul, and all the fat, and the lobe of the liver, together with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 the manner of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/eucherius/the_formulae_of_st_eucherius_of_lyons/vi_on_the_interior_man.htm"><span class="l">On the Interior Man</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [Hab.3:16]. The <b>kidneys</b> are the interior sense; in the psalm: my reins teach me<br> at night, at all times, and from above. [Ps.15(16):7 Vulgate]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/vi on the interior man.htm</font><p><a href="/library/judy/questionable_amusements_and_worthy_substitutes/i_tobacco.htm"><span class="l">Tobacco.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> quantity of tobacco received into the system by smoking, chewing, or snuffing is<br> carried through the circulation to the skin, lungs, liver, <b>kidneys</b>, and to all <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/i tobacco.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/on_the_workmanship_of_god/chap_xiv_of_the_unknown_purpose.htm"><span class="l">Of the Unknown Purpose of Some of the Intestines.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> which the stomach is netted over and covered? What the twofold resemblance<br> of the <b>kidneys</b>? which Varro says are so named because <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lactantius/on the workmanship of god/chap xiv of the unknown purpose.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/select_masterpieces_of_biblical_literature/v_isaiahs_discourse.htm"><span class="l">Isaiah's Discourse</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the<br> blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the <b>kidneys</b> of rams: for the LORD <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/v isaiahs discourse.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxi_regeneration_the_work_of.htm"><span class="l">Regeneration the Work of God.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There is the eye with its muscles, and the ear with its organs of hearing; in the<br> post-mortem examination heart, spleen, liver, and <b>kidneys</b> appear to be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxi regeneration the work of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/section_1_the_tenth_book.htm"><span class="l">The Tenth Book Discusses the Unattainable and Incomprehensible</span></a> <br><b>...</b> means of the enclosure of sinewy membrane; whether the creature has a liver, and<br> in connection with the liver a gall-bladder; whether it has <b>kidneys</b> and heart <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 1 the tenth book.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_10_concerning_the_festivals.htm"><span class="l">Concerning the Festivals; and How Each Day of Such Festival is to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> great altar. Besides this, they set the extremities, and the <b>kidneys</b>, and<br> the fat, with the lobe of the liver, upon the altar. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 concerning the festivals.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_xlv_to_a_lapsed.htm"><span class="l">Letter Xlv. To a Lapsed Monk.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to back, and all hollow with fasting; you would wear no soft bandage, and drawing<br> in your stomach, like a gourd, made it adhere to the parts about your <b>kidneys</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter xlv to a lapsed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_xvi_against_eunomius_the.htm"><span class="l">Letter xvi. Against Eunomius the Heretic.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Has it a liver, with a gall bladder near the liver? Has it <b>kidneys</b>, heart, arteries,<br> veins, membranes, cartilages? Is it hairy or hairless? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter xvi against eunomius the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/k/kidneys.htm"><span class="l"><b>Kidneys</b> (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Kidney. Int. Standard Bible<br> Encyclopedia. <b>KIDNEYS</b>. kid'-niz (always in the plural: kelayoth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kidneys.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/caul.htm"><span class="l">Caul (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> CAUL. kol: (1) yothereth (Exodus 29:13), the large lobe or flap of the liver, which<br> is usually mentioned together with the <b>kidneys</b> and the fat as the special <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/caul.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lobe.htm"><span class="l">Lobe (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the<br> caul upon the liver, and the two <b>kidneys</b>, and the fat that is upon them, and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lobe.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/redundance.htm"><span class="l">Redundance (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 29:13 and thou hast taken all the fat which is covering the inwards, and<br> the redundance on the liver, and the two <b>kidneys</b>, and the fat which 'is' on them <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/redundance.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/appendage.htm"><span class="l">Appendage (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 29:13 You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the<br> liver, the two <b>kidneys</b>, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/appendage.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flanks.htm"><span class="l">Flanks (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 3:4 And the two <b>kidneys</b>, and the fat that is on them, which is by the<br> flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the <b>kidneys</b>, it shall he take away. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flanks.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/liver.htm"><span class="l">Liver (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Still others consider it to be the "fatty mass at the opening of the liver, which<br> reaches to the <b>kidneys</b> and becomes visible upon the removal of the lesser <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/liver.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/joining.htm"><span class="l">Joining (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 29:13 And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining<br> the liver and the two <b>kidneys</b> with the fat round them, and let them be <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/joining.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/legs.htm"><span class="l">Legs (50 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 3:4 And the two <b>kidneys</b>, and the fat on them, which is by the top part<br> of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the <b>kidneys</b>, he is to take away <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/legs.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/net.htm"><span class="l">Net (91 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the<br> net of the liver, and the two <b>kidneys</b>, and the fat that is upon them, and burn <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/net.htm - 36k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/fearfully-wonderfully-made.html">What does it mean that we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Old-Testament-sacrifices.html">What were the various sacrifices in the Old Testament? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/mental-illness.html">What does the Bible say about dealing with mental illness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/kidneys.htm">Kidneys: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Kidneys (15 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-13.htm">Exodus 29:13</a></span><br />You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-22.htm">Exodus 29:22</a></span><br />Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/3-4.htm">Leviticus 3:4</a></span><br />and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/3-10.htm">Leviticus 3:10</a></span><br />and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/3-15.htm">Leviticus 3:15</a></span><br />and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/4-9.htm">Leviticus 4:9</a></span><br />and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/7-4.htm">Leviticus 7:4</a></span><br />and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-16.htm">Leviticus 8:16</a></span><br />He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-25.htm">Leviticus 8:25</a></span><br />He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and their fat, and the right thigh;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/9-10.htm">Leviticus 9:10</a></span><br />but the fat, and the <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Leviticus 9:19</a></span><br />and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>, and the cover of the liver:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14</a></span><br />Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span> of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/16-13.htm">Job 16:13</a></span><br />His archers surround me. He splits my <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span> apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6</a></span><br />Yahweh's sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span> of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/3-13.htm">Lamentations 3:13</a></span><br />He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my <span class="boldtext">kidneys</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/k/kidney--burnt_offering_of_the.htm">Kidney: Burnt offering of The</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/k/kidneys.htm">Kidneys</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kidneys.htm">Kidneys (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kidron.htm">Kidron (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/target.htm">Target (14 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/k/kidney-fat.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Kidney-fat"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Kidney-fat" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/k/kidneys_and_gall.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Kidneys and Gall"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Kidneys and Gall" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>