'People' in the Bible

and suddenly, a great wind came from across the desert, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

“No doubt you are the [only wise] people [in the world],And wisdom will die with you!

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earthAnd makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,And I have become one in whose face people spit.

“He has no offspring or prosperity among his people,Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],While countless ones go before him.

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

“In a moment they die, even at midnightThe people are shaken and pass away,And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.

So that godless men would not ruleNor be snares for the people.

“Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out;They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty.

“The people cry out, but He does not answerBecause of the pride of evil men.