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# darkness — English to Ukrainian

How English *darkness* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [darkness in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/darkness/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: darkness (148). By style: everyday 5 · biblical 143.

## темряви

Used about 94 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 89). Forms: темрява, темряви, темрявою, темряву, темряві.

- My eyes adjusted to the **darkness**.
  Мої очі звикли до **темряви**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and bicolino34 · checked, community translation · [\#11703880](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11703880) [\#11704503](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11704503))

- “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for **darkness**, where is its place,
  Куди дорога до пробутку сьвітла, й де місце **темряви**?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 38:19)

- Lead us from **darkness** to light.
  Вийдемо з **темряви** на світло.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sabretou and rmdas · checked, community translation · [\#3291517](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3291517) [\#4796021](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4796021))

- or **darkness**, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
  Та **темрява**, в якій ти нїчого не бачиш, і глибінь вод покрила тебе.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 22:11)

- Why did you kiss me in the **darkness**?
  Навіщо ти поцілував мене у **темряві**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2889941](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2889941) [\#7327050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7327050))

## сьвітло

Used about 18 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 18). Forms: сьвіт, сьвітла, сьвітло.

- He has led me and caused me to walk in **darkness**, and not in light.
  Він повів мене й увів у пітьму, а не в **сьвітло**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:2)

- Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels **darkness**.
  І я побачив, що мудрість бере гору над дурнотою, як **сьвітло** над темрявою:
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 2:13)

- You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to **darkness**,
  Усї ви сини **сьвітла** і сини дня; ми не (сини) ночи або тьми.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TH 5:5)

- For you were once **darkness**, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  Ви бо були колись тьмою, тепер же (ви) **сьвітло** в Господї; ходїть же яко дїти сьвітла:
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 5:8)

- when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through **darkness**,
  Коли його **сьвітло** ще блищало в мене над головою, й я при сьвітлї (ласки) його ходив посеред темряви;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 29:3)

## мов

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3).

- Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is **darkness**, it will be as the morning.
  І яснїйше, анїж південь, попливе життє твоє, й прояснїєш, **мов** ранок.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 11:17)

## очі

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3).

- The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in **darkness**—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
  У мудрого **очі** в голові, а дурний ходить потемки; та пізнав я й те, що суджено долю однаку й сьому й тому.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 2:14)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick **darkness** was under his feet.
  Прихилив небеса та й зійшов; чорний мрак під ногами у його;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 22:10)

- All **darkness** is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
  Вся темнота скрита в нутрі в його; його пожирати ме огонь, нїким не роздуваний; нещастє постигне й все те, що зістане в наметї його.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 20:26)

- What I tell you in the **darkness**, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
  Що я кажу вам потемки, кажіть повидну; й що чуєте на ухо, проповідуйте на домах.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 10:27)

## Grammar

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