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OET (OET-LV) [who]_catches wise_[people] in/on/at/with_craftiness_their and_schemes of_tortuous_[ones] it_is_hasty.
OET (OET-RV) He catches smart people in their craftiness,
⇔ and he hurries along the plans of those who’re deceptive.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם
catches wise in/on/at/with,craftiness,their
Eliphaz is speaking as if the craftiness of cunning people were literally a trap that God uses to catch them. He means that God makes them suffer the consequences of the evil actions by which they intended to make others suffer. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “making the cunning suffer the consequences of their own evil actions”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
חֲכָמִ֣ים
wise
Eliphaz is using the adjective cunning as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “cunning people”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה
and,schemes wily brought_to_a_quick_end
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and hastening the plan of the ones being deceptive”
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה
and,schemes wily brought_to_a_quick_end
Eliphaz is using the word and to introduce the result of God frustrating the plans of the crafty. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “so that the plan of the ones being deceptive is hastened” or “so that he can hasten the plan of the ones being deceptive”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה
and,schemes wily brought_to_a_quick_end
When Eliphaz says that God hastens the plan of deceptive people, he likely means that God makes their plans fail by bringing them too early, before they are ready, to the point where they would need to take effect. So the implication is that God makes the plan fail.
5:13 God traps the wise in the cleverness of their words (Prov 12:13). Paul alluded to this verse in his rejection of worldly wisdom (1 Cor 1:19).
OET (OET-LV) [who]_catches wise_[people] in/on/at/with_craftiness_their and_schemes of_tortuous_[ones] it_is_hasty.
OET (OET-RV) He catches smart people in their craftiness,
⇔ and he hurries along the plans of those who’re deceptive.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.