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sound: In the King James Version has “the sounding of thy bowels,†a painfully literal translation of hămoÌ„n mē‛eykhaÌ„, with the similar phrase, “my bowels shall sound like an harp,†in (compare ). The intestines were considered a seat of emotion, and at times of great excitement were thought (in poetry, at least) to become tense and to give forth a musical sound. The Revised Version (British and American) (following the King James Version in ) substitutes “heart†for “bowels†in , thus obscuring the figure but preserving the sense. In the Revised Version (British and American) paraphrases “the yearning of thy heart†(the English Revised Version “bowelsâ€), a needless change from . See also BATH KOL; SOLEMN, SOLEMNITY.