Song of Solomon 2:5 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:3 Like the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my welbeloued among the sonnes of men: vnder his shadow had I delite, and sate downe: and his fruite was sweete vnto my mouth.

Song of Solomon 2:4 Hee brought mee into the wine cellar, and loue was his banner ouer me.

Song of Solomon 2:5 Stay me with flagons, and comfort me with apples: for I am sicke of loue.

Song of Solomon 2:6 His left hande is vnder mine head, and his right hand doeth imbrace me.

Song of Solomon 2:7 I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, by the roes and by the hindes of the fielde, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken my loue, vntill she please.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stay", "flagons", "comfort", "apples", "sicke", and "loue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stay" and "flagons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Hee brought mee into the wine cellar..." into verse 6's "His left hande is vnder mine head...", so "stay" and "flagons" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stay" and "flagons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.