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([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 26:16) - The Jews therefore **sought** him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?” Жиди ж **шукали** Його в сьвято, й казали: Де Він? ([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 · JOH 7:11) - but when he was in Rome, he **sought** me diligently and found me а бувши в Римі, дуже пильно **шукав** мене, та й знайшов. ([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 · 2TI 1:17) - Others, testing him, **sought** from him a sign from heaven. Другі ж, спокушуючи Його, ознаки від Него **шукали** з неба. ([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 11:16) - They **sought** again to seize him, and he went out of their hand. **Шукали** тодї знов Його схопити, та вхиливсь од рук 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 · JOH 10:39) ## народу Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4). - When they **sought** to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet. І, шукаючи вхопити Його, опасували ся **народу**; бо мав Його за пророка. ([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 21:46) - Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have **sought** me. І буде Сарон пасовищем овець, а долина Ахор — місцем спочивку для волів **народу** мого, що до мене горнувся. ([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 65:10) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Truth is brighter than the Sun, but it is **sought** with a candle. Правда ясніша від сонця, та її зі свічкою шукають. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marko and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#1794724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1794724) [\#422291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/422291)) - Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be **sought** for the king. І сказали цареві двораки, служивші при ньому: Нехай би пошукали цареві молодих гарних дївчат, ([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 · EST 2:2) - When he had seen the vision, immediately we **sought** to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them. Як же видїннє увидїв, забажали ми зараз іти в Македонию, зрозумівши, що Господь покликав нас благовіствувати їм. ([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 · ACT 16:10) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. 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