Song of Solomon 2:5
Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.
ASV Byzantine Text
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 banqueting house, And his banner over me was love.
6His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace 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 panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth 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 Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, 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 →