Translation
a time to earnestly seek something, and a time to give something up as utterly lost,
Go to footnote numberParaphrase
There are times in life when it is right to exert full effort in striving for a goal, but there are also times when we need to stop striving and set goals aside.
Footnotes
1: “Set aside goals”
Solomon had learned the hard way that we don’t get what we want continually.