Song of Solomon 2:5
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
In Context
4He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
6His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:19Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
1 Chronicles 16:3Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
Psalms 42:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Song of Solomon 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
Isaiah 26:8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
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 →