Song of Solomon 2:5
Sustain ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick from love.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
In Context
4He brought me to the banquet house, and his banner over me was love.
6His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:19And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house.
1 Chronicles 16:3And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.
Psalms 42:1As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.
Psalms 63:8My soul follows close after thee. Thy right hand upholds me,
Song of Solomon 5:8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him that I am sick from love.
Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:4-8
The Love of the Church to Christ. 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir… Read the whole commentary →