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It is impossible to find in one man a summary of all qualifications; take each one in his own sphere and you will discover a vast variety of gifts — there is the polished scholar, the eagle-eyed critic, the eloquent orator, and we ought to recognise and appreciate the ability of each. Do you depreciate the sun because he is destitute of fragrance? Do you undervalue the rose because no light flashes from its leaf of beauty. So each man has his own style of working, and is never so effective as when he is natural. A recognition of this fact will save us from passing adverse criticism upon any individual if he is diligent in cultivating the different gifts God has given into his possession.

(R. Venting.)

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KJV: And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

WEB: Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;