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Read Full Chapter (Song of Solomon 2) Song of Solomon 2:5-7 KJV
"Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 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."
Song of Solomon 2:5-7 in Context (Verses 2–10 KJV)
2
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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.**
4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.*
5
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.*
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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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.*
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¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.*
10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.