Habakkuk 1:1

Modern

This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

Traditional

The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

Literal

The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

Latin

Onus quod vidit Habacuc propheta.

Hebrew

English

This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

The word message (or oracle) shows the book as God's revelation through his prophet (compare Nahum 1:1; Malachi 1:1).

Nahum 1:1
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Isaiah 22:1
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Habakkuk: A prophet who questioned God's justice