A moment in scripture
Song of Solomon 2:5
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Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
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The surrounding passage
- 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.
- Song of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
- Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.