# Let no one deceive himself

Nobody should believe the lie that he himself is wise in this world.

# in this age

according to the way people who do not believe decide what is wise

# let him become a "fool"

"that person should be willing to have people who do not believe call him a fool" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])

# He catches the wise in their craftiness

God traps the people who think they are clever and uses their own schemes to trap them.

# The Lord knows that the reasoning of the wise is futile

"The Lord knows that what people who think they are wise plan to do is futile"

# futile

useless