King James Version (KJV)
Song of Solomon 2:5
“Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.”
Verse in context — Song of Solomon 2
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 not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
About Song of Solomon
A poetic celebration of love and intimacy, often seen as a picture of God’s love.
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