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# scribes — English to Ukrainian

How English *scribes* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

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Sentence pairs counted, by form: scribes (68). By style: biblical 68.

## письменники

Used about 61 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 61). Forms: письменники, письменників.

- He asked the **scribes**, “What are you asking them?”
  І питав Він **письменників**: Про що ви перепитуєте ся з ними?
  ([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 · MAR 9:16)

- for he taught them with authority, and not like the **scribes**.
  бо Він їх навчав, яко маючий власть, а не як **письменники**.
  ([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 7:29)

- Then Pharisees and **scribes** came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
  Тодї прийшли до Ісуса **письменники** та Фарисеї з Єрусалиму, кажучи:
  ([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 15:1)

- saying, “The **scribes** and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
  глаголючи: На Мойсейових сїдалищах посїдали **письменники** та Фарисеї.
  ([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 23:2)

- Some of the **scribes** answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
  Озвавши ся ж деякі з **письменників**, казали: Учителю, добре глаголав єси.
  ([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 · LUK 20:39)

## архиєреї

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4). Forms: архиєрея, архиєреї.

- Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the **scribes**, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
  Так само ж і **архиєреї**, насьміхаючись із письменниками та старшими, казали:
  ([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 27:41)

- Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the **scribes** said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.
  Так само й **архиєреї**, насьміхаючись один до одного з письменниками, казали: Инших спасав, себе не може спасти.
  ([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 · MAR 15:31)

- Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, **scribes**, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
  І зараз уранцї, порадившись **архиєреї** з старшими та письменниками, і вся рада, звязавши Ісуса, повели та й видали Пилатові.
  ([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 · MAR 15:1)

## More sentences

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

- Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and directed all who did the work in every kind of service. Of the Levites, there were **scribes**, officials, and gatekeepers.
  Вони ж були наглядачами за двигарями й наглядали за всїма робітниками при кожній роботї; з левітів же були й писарі й наглядачі, й придверники.
  ([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 · 2CH 34:13)

- “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the **scribes** has made that a lie.
  Як се ви говорите: Мудрі ми люде, та й закон Господень у нас? Нї, бо перо книжникове перекручує його в лож.
  ([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 · JER 8:8)

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