Song of Solomon 2:5

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

Feed me raisins to give me energy, give me apples to revive me, for love has made me weak!

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Refresh me and strengthen me with your lovemaking like I am refreshed by eating [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Revive me with raisin cakes and refresh me with apricots, for I am weak with love.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

The Bride

⁴He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love. ⁵Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Sermons

A Heaven Unto Me!

Thomas Brooks

Summary

In this verse, the beloved woman in the Song of Solomon expresses her need for strength and refreshment from her lover. She leans on him for support and finds comfort in his love during times of weariness and difficulty. This intimate portrayal reflects the deep relationship between the bride and the bridegroom, symbolizing the relationship between Christ and His church. It illustrates the trust and reliance believers can have in Jesus for sustenance and encouragement in their spiritual journey.

Commentary

Tyndale

Tyndale Open Study Notes

2:5-6 The woman’s love is intense, his love overwhelming. • If the Song is an anthology, the couple can be seen as married, and lovemaking is seen as so physically exhausting that she grows faint and calls for the sustenance of raisin cakes and apples. These foods were considered aphrodisiacs in the ancient Near East. • Strengthen me: She now depends on him to revive her with the fruit of the earlier image—he is the apple tree, so he can provide apples for her renewed strength. • His left arm is under my head: He tenderly supports her with his embrace as they lie together (see also 8:3).