Song of Solomon 2:5 “Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with l…”

Song of Solomon 2:5

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

World English Bible

Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.

American Standard Version

Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

Geneva Bible 1599

Stay me with flagons, and comfort me with apples: for I am sicke of loue.

Darby Translation

Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.

Young's Literal Translation

Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.

Bible in Basic English

Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.

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Cross references

“Stay”

Psalm 63:1–3 Psalm 63:8 Luke 24:32 Philippians 1:23 Psalm 4:6 Psalm 4:7

Psalm 63:1–3 · BSB

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Psalm 63:8 · BSB

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

Luke 24:32 · BSB

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Philippians 1:23 · BSB

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

Psalm 4:6 · BSB

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Psalm 4:7 · BSB

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

“flagons”

2 Samuel 6:19 Hosea 3:1

2 Samuel 6:19 · BSB

Then 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.

Hosea 3:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to…

“for”

Song of Solomon 5:8 2 Samuel 13:1 2 Samuel 13:2 Psalm 119:130 Psalm 119:131

Song of Solomon 5:8 · BSB

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

2 Samuel 13:1 · BSB

After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

2 Samuel 13:2 · BSB

Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

Psalm 119:130 · BSB

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

Psalm 119:131 · BSB

I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

Also

Song of Solomon 7:8 1 Chronicles 16:3

Song of Solomon 7:8 · BSB

I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

1 Chronicles 16:3 · BSB

Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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