5Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I am sick with love.


In Context

2 So is my friend among the daughters!

3 As a citron among trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit is sweet to my palate.

4 He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me is love,

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

6 His left hand is under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Song of Solomon 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Stay ye me with raisins, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick with love.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.