12 He (A)frustrates the schemes of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
13 He (B)captures the wise by their own cleverness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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12 He thwarts the plans(A) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.(B)
13 He catches the wise(C) in their craftiness,(D)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(E)

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12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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22 (A)For My people are foolish,
They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are skillful at (B)doing evil,
But they do not know how to do good.”

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22 “My people are fools;(A)
    they do not know me.(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;(D)
    they know not how to do good.”(E)

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22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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22 (A)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

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22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A)

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22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

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