He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
He taketh - Paul (1 Corinthians 3:19) quoted this clause with the formula establishing its inspiration, It is written. He cites the exact Hebrew words, not as he usually does the Septuagint, Greek version. "In the net which they hid is their own foot taken (cf. Psalms 9:15). Haman was hanged on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai (Esther 5:14; Esther 7:10).
The wise - the cunning.
Is carried headlong - their scheme is precipitated before it is ripe.