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# lest — English to Ukrainian

How English *lest* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: lest (142). By style: everyday 1 · biblical 141.

## щоб

Used about 97 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 97).

- **lest** you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
  **Щоб** здоровля твого не оддав другій людинї й лїт твоїх мучителеві;
  ([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 · PRO 5:9)

- not a new convert, **lest** being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
  не новохрищеним, **щоб** розгордившись не впав у суд дияволський.
  ([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 · 1TI 3:6)

- **lest** they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
  **Щоб** не попав душу мою, як лев, сокрушаючи, як нема спасающого.
  ([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 · PSA 7:2)

- **lest** they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
  **Щоб** вони, напившись, права не забули та й не покривили суду всїх людей убогих.
  ([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 · PRO 31:5)

- **lest**, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;
  **Щоб**, як їсти меш і будеш ситий, і побудуєш гарні домівки і розгосподаруєшся в них,
  ([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 · DEU 8:12)

## ато

Used about 15 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 15).

- “Now consider this, you who forget God, **lest** I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
  Зрозумійте ж се, ви, що забули Бога, **ато** зловлю вас, і нїхто не спасе вас.
  ([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 · PSA 50:22)

- The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, **lest** they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
  І рече Господь Мойсейові: Спустись, остережи людей; **ато** протовпляться до Господа, і богато зміж їх поляже.
  ([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 · EXO 19:21)

- They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, **lest** we die.”
  І мовляли вони Мойсейові: Розмовляй сам із нам, дак ми слухати мемо, та нехай не розмовляє з нам Бог, **ато** повміраємо.
  ([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 · EXO 20:19)

- “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; **lest** the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
  Не погань дочки твоєї, допускаючи її до блудування; **ато** стане блудувати земля та й сповниться розворотом.
  ([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 · LEV 19:29)

- There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; **lest** you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’
  І харчувати му тебе; ще бо пять год буде голодних на землї, **ато** дійшов би до злиднїв і ти і дом твій і все твоє.
  ([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 · GEN 45:11)

## гріха

Used about 9 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 9).

- but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, **lest** any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
  А вговорюйте один одного щодня, доки сьогоднї зоветь ся, щоб не став которий з вас запеклим через підступ **гріха**.
  ([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 · HEB 3:13)

- They shall not dwell in your land, **lest** they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
  Нехай не живуть вони в землї твоїй, щоб не доводили тебе до **гріха**; бо ти служив би богам їх, бо се було б для тебе сїткою.
  ([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 · EXO 23:33)

- “‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, **lest** they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  І сповняти муть повелїння мої, щоб не взяти на себе **гріха** і не вмерти за те, що зневажять їх. Я Господь, що сьвятить їх.
  ([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 · LEV 22:9)

## земля

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

- All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “**Lest** the earth swallow us up!”
  І ввесь Ізраїль, що був навкруги них, кинувсь навтеки, на зойк їх: казали бо вони: Коли б і нас не проглинула **земля**!
  ([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 · NUM 16:34)

## нехай

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

- Beware **lest** Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?
  **Нехай** же не зводить вас Езекія, говорючи: Господь вирятує нас. Хиба ж боги народів урятували, кожен свою землю, з потали в царя Ассирийського?
  ([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 · ISA 36:18)

## More sentences

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

- Judge not **lest** ye be judged.
  Не судіть і не судимі будете.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5868860](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5868860) [\#5868865](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5868865))

- The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let’s not all go, **lest** we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.
  І рече царь Абессаломові: Нї, синку! не подоба нам усїм гостювати, важко було б се на тебе. Той напирав на його, та він не схотїв ійти, лиш поблагословив 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 13:25)

- **lest** the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
  А то побачить Господь і невгодно буде воно йому, й одверне гнїв свій від 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 · PRO 24:18)

## Grammar

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