He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: And the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end. [I Cor. 3:19, 20.]
trapping the wise in their cleverness so that the plans of the devious don’t succeed.
He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.