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# закон — Ukrainian to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: закон (200). By style: everyday 49 · biblical 151.

## law

Used about 181 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 135). Meaning: [law in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/law/).

- Це **закон**.
  It's the **law**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CK · checked, community translation · [\#740376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/740376) [\#740665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/740665))

- Брехню ненавиджу й гидую нею; **закон** твій люблю я.
  I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your **law**.
  ([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 119:163)

- Це **закон**.
  This is a **law**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CM · checked, community translation · [\#971761](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/971761) [\#740665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/740665))

- Бо всї пророки й **закон** пророкували до Йоана.
  For all the prophets and the **law** prophesied until John.
  ([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 11:13)

- Це **закон**.
  That's the **law**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CM · checked, community translation · [\#971760](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/971760) [\#740665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/740665))

## covenant

Used about 9 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 9). Meaning: [covenant in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/covenant/).

- І що постановив Яковові за **закон**, і Ізраїлеві в завіт вічний,
  He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting **covenant**,
  ([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 · 1CH 16:17)

- І постановив Йозуа того дня завіт з народом, і дав їм там у Сихемі **закон** і право.
  So Joshua made a **covenant** with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
  ([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 · JOS 24:25)

- Він бо поставив сьвідченнє своє в Якові, і положив **закон** в Ізраїлї, заповідаючи батькам нашим, щоб синам своїм переказали.
  For he established a **covenant** in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
  ([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 78:5)

## More sentences

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

- Було прийнято **закон** про заборону ввезення пшениці.
  A wheat import ban was enacted.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#267669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/267669) [\#510325](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/510325))

- **Закон** було прийнято одноголосно.
  The bill passed unanimously.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4501346](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4501346) [\#7989924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7989924))

- Твоє бажання для мене **закон**.
  Your wish is my command.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1526410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1526410) [\#5775191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5775191))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-uk/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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