Get ... lose — Rather, seek, and a time to give up for lost.

To lose.— Elsewhere this word means to destroy, but in later Hebrew it comes to mean to lose, like the Latin “perdere.”

A time to get, and a time to lose
To get substance, as the Targum, and to lose it; wealth and riches, honour and glo…

To expect unchanging happiness in a changing world must end in disappointment. To reconcile ourselves with our state in life is our duty and wisdom…